Bruguiera is a plant genus in the family Rhizophoraceae

Rhizophoraceae

Rhizophoraceae is a family constituted by tropical or subtropical flowering plants. Among the better known members are mangrove trees of the genus Rhizophora...

. It is a small genus of six mangrove

Mangrove

Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes N and S...

 species of the Indian

Indian Ocean

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 and west Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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 region, its range extending from East Africa

East Africa

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 and Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

 through coastal India

Coastal India

Coastal India is a geo-cultural region in the Indian Subcontinent that spans entire Coastline of India.-Region:Coastal India spans from the south west Indian coastline along the Arabian sea from the coastline of the Gulf of Kutch in its western most corner and stretches across the Gulf of Khambhat,...

, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 and Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

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 to northern Australia

Australia

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, Melanesia

Melanesia

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islands immediately north and northeast of Australia...

 and Polynesia

Polynesia

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. It is characterised by calyces

Sepal

A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms . Collectively the sepals form the calyx, which is the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower. Usually green, sepals have the typical function of protecting the petals when the flower is in bud...

 with 8-16 lanceolate, pointed lobes, 16-32 stamen

Stamen

The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...

s, explosive release of pollen

Pollen

Pollen is a fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce the male gametes . Pollen grains have a hard coat that protects the sperm cells during the process of their movement from the stamens to the pistil of flowering plants or from the male cone to the...

, and viviparous

Vivipary

Vivipary has two different meanings. In animals, it means development of the embryo inside the body of the mother, eventually leading to live birth, as opposed to laying eggs...

 propagule

Propagule

In horticulture, a propagule is any plant material used for the purpose of plant propagation. In asexual reproduction, a propagule may be a woody, semi-hardwood, or softwood cutting, leaf section, or any number of other plant parts. In sexual reproduction, a propagule is a seed or spore...

s. It is named in honour of French explorer and biologist Jean Guillaume Bruguière

Jean Guillaume Bruguière

Jean Guillaume Bruguière was a French physician, zoologist and diplomat.Bruguière was born in Montpellier.He was a doctor, connected to the University of Montpellier. His was interested in invertebrates, mostly snails ....

 (1750–1798).

Species

• Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume
• Bruguiera exaristata
  Bruguiera exaristata
  Bruguiera exaristata, commonly known as the rib-fruited mangrove or rib-fruited orange mangrove, is a mangrove of the family Rhizophoraceae native to Australia....
  
  Ding Hou
• Bruguiera gymnorrhiza
  Bruguiera gymnorrhiza
  Bruguiera gymnorrhiza is a small tree up to 10 m high and belongs to the family Rhizophoraceae. It is found on the seaward side of mangrove swamps, often in the company of Rhizophora. Bark is rough and reddish-brown. The tree develops short prop-roots rather than long stilt-roots. Flowers are...
  
  (L.) Lamk.
• Bruguiera hainesii C. G. Rogers
• Bruguiera parviflora (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Ex Griff.
• Bruguiera sexangula
  Bruguiera sexangula
  Bruguiera sexangula, commonly called the Upriver Orange Mangrove, is a mangrove shrub or tree usually growing up to 15 m, occasionally 30 m, in height.-Description:...
  
  (Lour.) Poir.

A hybrid between B. gymnorrhiza and B. sexangula is known as Bruguiera × rhynchopetala.

External links

• Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (large-leafed mangrove)