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Rhizophora mangle (Red Mangrove) is a species of tree in the family Rhizophoraceae. They are native to Suriname, Angola, Pernambuco, Peru, Alagoas, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Amazônia, Belize, Togo, Colombia, Mata Atlântica, The Hawaiian Islands, Maranhao, Santa Catarina, Pará, Paraná, Amapá, Rio De Janeiro, Liberia, ParaíBa, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Senegal, Sergipe, Atlantic And Gulf Coastal Plain (Agcp), Nigeria, Piauí, Benin, Bermuda, Bahia, Rio Grande Do Norte, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States, Brazil, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Micronesia, Côte d’Ivoire, Lesser Antilles, Middle America, SãO Paulo, Greater Antilles, Panama, Guyana, Gambia, The Contiguous United States, Espirito Santo, Florida, and Ceará. Flowers are visited by Monarch. Red Mangrove form mangrove swamps.

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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000181
  • Definition: A mangrove biome is a terrestrial biome which includes, across its spatial extent, mangrove plants (Rhizophoraceae). Mangrove plants are able to withstand high levels of salinity as well as regions of anoxia and frequent tidal inundation. Mangrove biomes often occur near tropical and sub-tropical estuaries and depositional marine coastal environments where fine sediments (often with high organic content) collect in areas protected from high energy wave action.
  • Comment: Preliminary definition. Depending on whether mangrove trees or shrubs are present, this class could be a child of shrubland biome or woodland biome. Consider creating the appropriate classes.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of red mangrove. View this species on GBIF