Avicennia schaueriana

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]

Avicennia schaueriana
Leaves and flower of Avicennia schaueriana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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
Synonyms[2]
Avicennia schaueriana f. candicans Moldenke Avicennia schaueriana f. glabrescens Moldenke Avicennia tomentosa Schauer nom illeg. Hilairanthus schauerianus (Stapf & Leechm. ex Moldenke) Cornejo

Avicennia schaueriana is self-compatible and insect-pollinated (bees and wasps, butterflies and moths, and flies).^[3]