Combretaceae
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The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in 10 genera.[5] The family includes the leadwood tree, Combretum imberbe. Three genera, Conocarpus, Laguncularia, and Lumnitzera, grow in mangrove habitats (mangals).[6] The Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics and tropics. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo from Terminalia ivorensis. The commonly cultivated Quisqualis indica (as well as the entire former genus Quisqualis) is now placed in the genus Combretum. Many plants in the former Quisqualis genus contain quisqualic acid,[citation needed] a potent nerve toxin.[7]
Taxonomy
The family name comes from the type genus Combretum; it also includes the white mangrove, Laguncularia racemosa, found along seacoasts in tropical America and West Africa.
Genera
Plants of the World Online currently includes:[8]
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- Combretum Loefl. (synonyms include Meiostemon Exell & Stace, Quisqualis L., and Thiloa Eichler)
- Conocarpus L.
- Dansiea Byrnes
- Getonia Roxb. (synonym Calycopteris)
- Guiera Adans. ex Juss.
- Laguncularia C.F.Gaertn. (monotypic)
- Lumnitzera Willd.
- Macropteranthes F.Muell.
- Strephonema Hook.f.
- Terminalia L. (synonyms include Anogeissus, Buchenavia, Bucida, Pteleopsis, and Terminaliopsis)
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Myrtales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Combretaceae R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 351 (1810), nom. cons". International Plant Names Index. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Family: Combretaceae R. Br., nom. cons". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-01-17. Archived from the original on 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lumnitzera". University of Queensland. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Munir, Muhammad; Lu, Lisha; McGonigle, Paul (1995). "Excitotoxic cell death and delayed rescue in human neurons derived from NT2 cells" (PDF). Journal of Neuroscience. 15 (12): 7847–7860. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.15-12-07847.1995. PMID 8613724.
- ^ Plants of the World Online: Combretaceae R.Br. (retrieved 19 January 2022)
External links
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