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 africanaName author: P.Beauv.
- Avicennia ellipticaName author: Thunb.
- Avicennia elliptica var. martiiName author: Moldenke
- Avicennia floridanaName author: Gand.
- Avicennia floridanaName author: Raf.
- Avicennia germinans f. aberransName author: Moldenke
- Avicennia germinans f. brasiliensisName author: Moldenke
- Avicennia germinans f. venezuelensisName author: Moldenke
- Avicennia germinans var. cumanensisName author: (Kunth) Moldenke
- Avicennia germinans var. germinansName author: Not supplied
- Avicennia germinans var. guayaquilensisName author: (Kunth) Moldenke
- Avicennia lamarckianaName author: C.Presl
- Avicennia meyeriName author: Miq.
- Avicennia nitidaName author: Sessé & Moc.
- Avicennia nitidaName author: Jacq.
- Avicennia nitida var. trinitensisName author: Moldenke
- Avicennia oblongifoliaName author: Nutt. ex Chapm.
- Avicennia officinalis var. lanceolataName author: Kuntze
- Avicennia officinalis var. nitidaName author: Kuntze
- Avicennia tomentosaName author: Jacq.
- Avicennia tomentosa var. campechensisName author: Jacq.
- Avicennia tomentosa var. cumanensisName author: Kunth
- Avicennia tomentosa var. guayaquilensisName author: Kunth
- Bontia germinansName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Bontia germinansName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Hilairanthus germinansName author: (L.) Cornejo
- Hilairanthus nitidusName author: (Jacq.) Tiegh.
- Hilairanthus tomentosusName author: (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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