Aegiceras

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Aegiceras
Aegiceras corniculatum
Aegiceras corniculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Myrsinaceae
Genus: Aegiceras
Gaertn.
Species

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Aegiceras is a genus of trees and shrubs comprising two species from Southeast Asia, Malesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. They occur in coastal or estuarine areas.

Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco (Black Mangrove or River Mangrove) is native to New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory in Australia.

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