PLANTS Profile for Conocarpus erectus (button mangrove)

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PLANTS Profile

Conocarpus erectus L.
button mangrove

Symbol:

COER2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Combretaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N

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©Mark W. Skinner. United States, FL, Miami-Dade Co., Miami, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. July 4, 1982. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Conocarpus erectus L.

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Synonyms:
Conocarpus erectus L.

COERS

Conocarpus erectus L. var. sericeus Fors ex DC.

Distribution:
Conocarpus erectus L.


View Native Status

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USA (FL, HI), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Conocarpus erectus L.

View 9 genera in Combretaceae, 1 species in Conocarpus

Classification:
Conocarpus erectus L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Combretaceae – Indian Almond family
Genus	Conocarpus L. – mangrove
Species	Conocarpus erectus L. – button mangrove

Introduced Information:
Conocarpus erectus L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Conocarpus erectus L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,FACW+

FACW+

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Conocarpus erectus L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27766.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 10:52 PM CDT