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Bruguiera gymnorhiza, the large-leafed orange mangrove or oriental mangrove, [3]) is a mangrove tree that grows usually to 7–20 metres (23–66 ft) high, but sometimes up to 35m, that belongs to the family Rhizophoraceae. It is found on the seaward side of mangrove swamps, often in the company of Rhizophora.
Bruguiera is a plant genus in the family Rhizophoraceae.It is a small genus of five mangrove species and three hybrids of the Indian and west Pacific Ocean region, its range extending from East Africa and Madagascar through coastal India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia to northern Australia, Melanesia and Polynesia. [1]
The Rhizophoraceae is a family of tropical or subtropical flowering plants. [2] It includes around 147 species distributed in 15 genera. [3] Under the family, there are three tribes, Rhizophoreae, Gynotrocheae, and Macarisieae. [3]
Taxonomic identification revealed eleven mangrove species – Avicennia marina, Avicennia rumphiana, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Ceriops decandra, Ceriops tagal, Excoecaria agallocha, Rhizophora apiculata, Rhizophora mucronata, Sonneratia alba, Xylocarpus granatum, and Xylocarpus moluccensis belonging to five families.
Rhizophoraceae collectively form the tribe Rhizophorae, a monotypic group, within the otherwise terrestrial family: Bruguiera: Bruguiera cylindrica: Bruguiera exaristata: rib-fruited mangrove Bruguiera gymnorhiza: oriental mangrove Bruguiera hainesii: Bruguiera parviflora: Bruguiera sexangula: upriver orange mangrove Ceriops: Ceriops australis ...
Bruguiera cylindrica is a small tree growing up to 20 metres (66 ft) tall but often grows as a bush. The bark is smooth and grey, with corky raised patches containing lenticels which are used in gas exchange and the trunk is buttressed by roots.
Bruguiera parviflora is a tree in the family Rhizophoraceae. The specific epithet parviflora is from the Latin meaning 'small flowers'. [3] Description
Family: Microbacteriaceae ... bracchium is a bacterium from the genus of Agromyces which has been isolated from rhizospheric soil from the tree Bruguiera gymnorhiza ...