Conocarpus erectus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Combretaceae
Subfamilia: Combretoideae
Tribus: Combreteae
Subtribus: Terminaliinae
Genus: Conocarpus
Species: Conocarpus erectus
Formae: C. e. f. erectus C. e. f. sericeus

Name

Conocarpus erectus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 176. 1753. (as erecta)

Synonyms

  • Conocarpus acutifolius Willd.
  • Conocarpus erectus var. arboreus DC.
  • Conocarpus erectus var. procumbens DC.
  • Conocarpus procumbens L.
  • Conocarpus pubescens Schumach.
  • Conocarpus sericea Forst. ex G. Don
  • Conocarpus sericeus (Griseb.) Jimenez
  • Conocarpus supina Crantz
  • Terminalia erecta Baill.
  • Terminalia erecta var. procumbens (Jacq.) M. Gómez

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • USA (Florida), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan),
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Tobago, Trinidad, Costa Rica, Ecuador, N-Brazil (Para), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia), SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), S-Brazil (Parana), Galapagos Isl., Peru, Belize, Nicaragua, Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Cauca, Choc, Crdoba, Magdalena, Nario, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre, Valle), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Falcon, Sucre, Zulia), Panama, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 176

Additional references

  • Jiménez, Q. 2010. Combretaceae. Pp. 55–64 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. V, Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae–Gunneraceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-935641-01-8. Reference page. 
  • Tropicos.org 2018. Conocarpus erectus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 30 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: button mangrove
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