Avicennia germinans
A species in the Acanthaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Avicennia
- Species
- Avicennia germinans
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1764
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Avicennia germinans. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
28 synonyms in this snapshot
- Avicennia africanaP.Beauv.
- Avicennia ellipticaThunb.
- Avicennia elliptica var. martiiMoldenke
- Avicennia floridanaGand.
- Avicennia floridanaRaf.
- Avicennia germinans f. aberransMoldenke
- Avicennia germinans f. brasiliensisMoldenke
- Avicennia germinans f. venezuelensisMoldenke
- Avicennia germinans var. cumanensis(Kunth) Moldenke
- Avicennia germinans var. germinans
- Avicennia germinans var. guayaquilensis(Kunth) Moldenke
- Avicennia lamarckianaC.Presl
- Avicennia meyeriMiq.
- Avicennia nitidaSessé & Moc.
- Avicennia nitidaJacq.
- Avicennia nitida var. trinitensisMoldenke
- Avicennia oblongifoliaNutt. ex Chapm.
- Avicennia officinalis var. lanceolataKuntze
- Avicennia officinalis var. nitidaKuntze
- Avicennia tomentosaJacq.
- Avicennia tomentosa var. campechensisJacq.
- Avicennia tomentosa var. cumanensisKunth
- Avicennia tomentosa var. guayaquilensisKunth
- Bontia germinansL.
- Bontia germinansL.
- Hilairanthus germinans(L.) Cornejo
- Hilairanthus nitidus(Jacq.) Tiegh.
- Hilairanthus tomentosus(Jacq.) Tiegh.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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