Conocarpus erectus

Conocarpus erectus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Combretaceae
Subfamilia: Combretoideae
Tribus: Combreteae
Subtribus: Terminaliinae
Genus: Conocarpus
Species: Conocarpus erectus
Formae: C. e. f. erectus – C. e. f. sericeus

Name

Conocarpus erectus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 176. 1753. (as erecta)

Synonyms

• Conocarpus acutifolius Willd.
• Conocarpus erectus var. arboreus DC.
• Conocarpus erectus var. procumbens DC.
• Conocarpus procumbens L.
• Conocarpus pubescens Schumach.
• Conocarpus sericea Forst. ex G. Don
• Conocarpus sericeus (Griseb.) Jimenez
• Conocarpus supina Crantz
• Terminalia erecta Baill.
• Terminalia erecta var. procumbens (Jacq.) M. Gómez

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Florida), Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Continental: Southern America Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Tobago, Trinidad, Costa Rica, Ecuador, N-Brazil (Para), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia), SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), S-Brazil (Parana), Galapagos Isl., Peru, Belize, Nicaragua, Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Cauca, Choc, Crdoba, Magdalena, Nario, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre, Valle), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Falcon, Sucre, Zulia), Panama, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 176

Additional references

• Baillon, H. 1876. LII. Combrétaceés. Pp. 260–283 in Histoire des plantes, Tome 6. Librairie Hachette & C^ie, Paris. BHL Reference page. 
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Combretaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 229–231. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Jiménez, Q. 2010. Combretaceae. Pp. 55–64 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. V, Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae–Gunneraceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-935641-01-8. Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Conocarpus erectus. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Conocarpus erectus.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Conocarpus erectus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-05-30.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Conocarpus erectus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 22. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2018. Conocarpus erectus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Conocarpus erectus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2018.
• Conocarpus erectus in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 30 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Conocarpus erectus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Conocarpus erectus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Conocarpus erectus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2018.
• Conocarpus erectus in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 30 May 2018.
• Conocarpus erectus in Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Accessed: 30 May 2018.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Conocarpus erectus. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 23 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: button mangrove
eesti: Kikkis käbiviljak

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