| Black mangrove
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| Black mangrove growing in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Asterids
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| Order:
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Lamiales
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| Family:
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Acanthaceae
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| Genus:
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Avicennia
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| Species:
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A. germinans
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| Binomial name
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Avicennia germinans
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| Distribution of Avicennia germinans
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| Synonyms
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- Avicennia africana P.Beauv.
- Avicennia elliptica Thunb.
- Avicennia elliptica var. martii Moldenke
- Avicennia floridana Raf.
- Avicennia floridana Gand.
- Avicennia germinans f. aberrans Moldenke
- Avicennia germinans f. brasiliensis Moldenke
- Avicennia germinans f. venezuelensis Moldenke
- Avicennia germinans var. guayaquilensis (Kunth) Moldenke
- Avicennia germinans var. cumanensis (Kunth) Moldenke
- Avicennia lamarckiana C.Presl
- Avicennia meyeri Miq.
- Avicennia nitida Jacq.
- Avicennia nitida Sessé & Moc.
- Avicennia nitida var. trinitensis Moldenke
- Avicennia oblongifolia Nutt. ex Chapm.
- Avicennia officinalis var. lanceolata Kuntze
- Avicennia officinalis var. nitida Kuntze
- Avicennia tomentosa Jacq.
- Avicennia tomentosa var. campechensis Jacq.
- Avicennia tomentosa var. cumanensis Kunth
- Avicennia tomentosa var. guayaquilensis Kunth
- Bontia germinans L.
- Hilairanthus nitidus (Jacq.) Tiegh.
- Hilairanthus tomentosus (Jacq.) Tiegh.
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Not to be confused with mangroves from the genus
Lumnitzera, which may also be known as black mangroves.
Avicennia germinans, the black mangrove, is a shrub or small tree growing up to 12 meters (39 feet) in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae.