Avicennia schaueriana
Species of plant
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Avicennia schaueriana is a species of tropical mangrove in the family Acanthaceae. It grows in coastal and estuarine locations along the Atlantic coast of northeastern South America, from Venezuela and the Leeward Islands through Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, the Guianas, and Brazil to Uruguay.[2]
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| Leaves and flower of Avicennia schaueriana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Avicennia |
| Species: | A. schaueriana |
| Binomial name | |
| Avicennia schaueriana Stapf & Leechm. ex Moldenke | |
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Avicennia schaueriana is self-compatible and insect-pollinated (bees and wasps, butterflies and moths, and flies).[3]