Avicennia nitida Jacq.

  • Filed As

    Verbenaceae
    Avicennia nitida Jacq.

  • Collector(s)

    A. R. Bechtel 17734, 24 Feb 1952

  • Location

    United States of America. Florida. Rd. #1, S. of Cocoa.

  • Habitat

    Moist sandy roadbank.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3520905

    Occurrence ID: c6240f0d-4c90-4fe5-9cb6-2c3fa64e0831

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Lamiales

  • Family

    Acanthaceae

  • All Determinations

    Avicennia nitida Jacq.

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Florida

  • Locality

    Rd. #1, S. of Cocoa

  • Location Notes

    [US & Canada]

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A complicated root system
retains debris brought in by the
tides, thus islands are built.
This so-called mangrove is a
Verbenaceae...not a true man-
grove wfeich are Rhisophoraceae
Herbarium, Wabash College. Crawfordsville,
Flora of -¡Florida
County_
Date 3/34/'58.
Wabash Coll. Herbarium (WAB)
Donated to N/ in 198Z;
Name-
Arioennla nitida Jacq.
"Black Mangrove"
Locality a Habitat- Moist sandy roadbank,
Rd* #1» 8. .of Oocoa.
A.R.Bechtel,
com. Bartow Bechtel.
03520905