SONNERATIACEAE 



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SONNERATIACEAE 



SONNERATIA * Linnaeus f. 



SONNERATIA ALBA Sm. in Rees. Cycl. 33 (1816) no. 2. 



Mangium caseolare album Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 111, t. 73. 

 Amboina, Wakeroe, and at Ayer putri, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 290, 

 July 28 and October 17, 1913, along tidal streams, locally known as mangi 

 mangi. "Flower apetalous, sepals lilac inside." 



Mangium caseolare album was originally referred by Linnaeus 

 to Rhizophora caseolaris, in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 13, 

 Linnaeus overlooking the fact that at least two distinct species 

 were considered by Rumphius, one having flowers without petals, 

 and one with petals. I have not seen the original description of 

 Sonneratia alba Smith, which may have been based in part 

 on Rumphius. Succeeding authors, de Candolle, Don, Blume, 

 and Miquel, cite the Rumphian plate as representing Sonneratia 

 alba Smith. 



SONNERATIA CASEOLARIS (Linn.) Engl, in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanz- 

 enfam. Nachtr. 1 (1897) 261. 

 Rhizophora caseolaris Linn. p. p., in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 13, 

 Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 123, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1043, Sp. PI. ed. 2 

 (1763) 635 (type!). 

 Sonneratia acida Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 252. 

 Sonneratia pagatpat Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 424. 

 Mangium caseolare rubrum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 112. t. 7U. 

 Amboina, Paso, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 291, October 29, 1913, at the 

 back of a mangrove swamp, "petals present, lilac." 



This is Rhizophora caseolaris Linn, in part only. The orig- 

 inal description in Stickman, Herb. Amb. (1754) 13, is as fol- 

 lows: "73. 75. Mangium caseolare [=] Rhizophora caseolaris, 

 foliis ovatis obtusis, floribus solitariis, fructibus orbiculatis de- 

 pressis mucronatis." The figures refer to plates 73 to 75 of 

 Rumphius, inclusive. As noted above t. 73 represents the ape- 

 talous Mangium caseolare album Rumph. and is Sonneratia alba 

 Smith; t. 7U, however, represents Mangium caseolare rubrum 

 Rumph., definitely described as having petals. Perhaps on a 

 very strict interpretation of types, t. 73 should represent the 

 plant now known as Sonneratia caseolaris (Linn.) Engl., in 

 which case the name Sonneratia caseolaris would have to be 

 applied to the plant now known as Sonneratia alba Sm., and 

 what is here interpreted as Sonneratia caseolaris would have 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Blatti Adans. (1763) and Pagapate Sonn. 

 (1776) are older. 



