Rhizophoraceae

The family of the Rhizophoracées is a family of plants Dicotylédone S which includes/understands 149 Espèce S divided into 15 kind S:

  • kind Anopyxis
  • kind Blepharistemma
  • kind Bruguiera Lam.
  • kind Carallia
  • kind Cassipourea Aubl.
  • kind Ceriops Arn.
  • kind Comiphyton
  • kind Crossostylis
  • kind Dactylopetalum
  • kind Gynotroches Blume
  • kind Kandelia
  • kind Macarisia
  • kind Paradrypetes
  • kind Pellacalyx
  • kind Rhizophora L.
  • kind Sterigmapetalum

They are trees and shrubs, with air, moist environments and salted roots tropical areas. The principal kind is Cassipourea with 62 species. It is in this family that one meets the mangroves and other plants constituting the Mangrove.

The phylogenetic classification locates this family in the order of the Malpighiales.

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