| Sonneratia | |
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| Sonneratia pagatpat(Blanco 1837) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Lythraceae |
| Subfamily: | Sonneratioideae (Engl. &Gilg 1924) S.A.Graham, Thorne & Reveal |
| Genus: | Sonneratia L.f. |
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Sonneratia is agenus ofplants in thefamilyLythraceae. Formerly the Sonneratia were placed in a family calledSonneratiaceae which included both theSonneratia and theDuabanga, but these two are now placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the familyLythraceae. The genus was also namedBlatti byJames Edward Smith, butSonneratia hadbotanical nomenclature priority.Sonneratia species aremangrove trees.
The genusSonneratia has the following species:
