2.4. The diversity of mangroves. Towards an authoritative list of the world’s mangrove plants

Duke, Norman, and Lee, Shing Yip (2024) 2.4. The diversity of mangroves. Towards an authoritative list of the world’s mangrove plants. Report Section. Global Mangrove Alliance.

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Abstract

Mangrove plants are a range of species from multiple unrelated taxa that typically grow between mean sea and highest astronomical tide levels on tropical and subtropical shorelines worldwide17. Generally, these plants have well-recognized features with highly specialized morphological and physiological adaptations for living in the harsh conditions of marine coastal environments. But, because of the variability amongst these characteristics, the current world list of mangrovespecific plants (see Table 2) is, to some degree, still subjective and incomplete. There is a great need for an updated, authoritative list of the world’s mangrove plants, but producing such a list presents at least four major challenges.

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Item Type: Report (Report Section)
Keywords: mangrove plants
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Date Deposited: 01 Aug 2024 01:40
FoR Codes: 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3104 Evolutionary biology > 310402 Biogeography and phylogeography @ 50%
31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310305 Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) @ 20%
31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3104 Evolutionary biology > 310411 Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy @ 30%
SEO Codes: 18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1802 Coastal and estuarine systems and management > 180201 Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems @ 20%
28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280111 Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences @ 20%
18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1802 Coastal and estuarine systems and management > 180203 Coastal or estuarine biodiversity @ 60%
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