Red Mangrove

Rhizophora mangle

Summary 2

Rhizophora mangle, known as the red mangrove, is distributed in estuarine ecosystems throughout the tropics. Its viviparous "seeds," in actuality called propagules, become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree. These are dispersed by water until eventually embedding in the shallows.

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Alex Popovkin, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/12589168@N00/2246897299
  2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizophora_mangle

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