Avicennia

See text Avicennia is a genus of flowering plants currently placed in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae.[3] Species of Avicennia occur worldwide south of the Tropic of Cancer.Recent phylogenetic studies have suggested that Avicennia is derived from within Acanthaceae, and the genus is included in that family in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system.Designation of species is made difficult by the great variations in form of Avicennia marina.The embryos exhibit cryptovivipary, a process where they start to develop before the seed is shed, but do not break through the outside of the fruit capsule.
Propagule of Avicennia sp.
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