Sonneratia

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Sonneratia
Sonneratia pagatpat ( Blanco 1837)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Myrtales Family: Lythraceae Genus: Sonneratia L.f.

Sonneratia is a genus of plants in the family Lythraceae. Formerly the Sonneratia were placed in a family called Sonneratiaceae which included both the Sonneratia and the Duabanga, but these two are now placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the family Lythraceae. The genus was also named Blatti by James Edward Smith, but Sonneratia had botanical nomenclature priority.

[edit] Species

The Sonneratia genus has twenty identified species:

• Sonneratia acida L.f.
• Sonneratia alba Griff.
• Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham.
• Sonneratia caseolaris ( L. ) Engl.
• Sonneratia evenia Blume
• Sonneratia griffithii Kurz
• Sonneratia gulngai N.C.Duke
• Sonneratia hainanensis W.C.Ko , E.Y.Chen & W.Y.Chen
• Sonneratia iriomotensis Masam.
• Sonneratia lanceolata Blume
• Sonneratia mossambicensis Klotzsch
• Sonneratia neglecta Blume
• Sonneratia obovata Blume
• Sonneratia ovalis Korth.
• Sonneratia ovata Backer
• Sonneratia pagatpat Blanco
• Sonneratia paracaseolaris W.C.Ko, E.Y.Chen & W.Y.Chen
• Sonneratia punctata J.F.Gmel.
• Sonneratia rubra Oken
• Sonneratia urama N.C.Duke

[edit] Common names

The Sonneratia are called 'berembang' in Malaya, 'mangrove apple' in English, and 'mangroven apfel' or 'holzapfel mangrove' in German.

[edit] References

• Diversity of Life: Sonneratia - retrieved 6 June 2006;
• ITIS Report: Sonneratia - retrieved 6 June 2006;
• Graham, S. A., Thorne & Reveal (May 1998) "Validation of subfamily names in Lythraceae" Taxon 47(2): pp. 435-436;
• Mangrove Apple (Sonneratia alba) from Mangrove and Wetland Wildlife at Sungei Buloh Nature Park - retrieved 24 November 2006;
• Shi, Suhua et al. (September 2000) "Phylogenetic Analysis of the Sonneratiaceae and its Relationship to Lythraceae Based on ITS Sequences of nrDNA" Journal of Plant Research 113(3): pp. 253-258;
• Duke, N. C. ans Jackes, Betsy R. (1987) "A Systematic Revision of the Mangrove Genus Sonneratia (Sonneratiaceae) in Australasia" Blumea 32: pp. 277-302 - retrieved 24 November 2006;