Pneumatophore

• Title

  Pneumatophore

• Definition

  An erect, aerial breathing root found in species of wet habitats such as mangrove swamps and along periodically inundated river banks.

• Notes

  In neotropical Lecythidaceae, pneumatophores have only been reported for Lecythis pneumatophora.

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