Taxon: Conocarpus erectus L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus (no accessions)

Common names:

• button mangrove   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  
• buttonwood   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Fuels: fuelwood   (fide F LAnt; Dict Econ Pl)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (fide Dict Econ Pl; F Guat)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Zaire [w.]
  West Tropical Africa: Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone
  South Tropical Africa: Angola [Cabinda]
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida [keys]
  Mexico [coastal]
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Caribbean: Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Cuba; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador; Peru

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
• Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal. (F Senegal)
• Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. (L Guianas ed2)
• Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937–. Conspectus florae angolensis. (F Angol)
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. (F Bahamas)
• Farr, E. R. et al., eds. 1979. Index nomina genericorum.; suppl. 1986 (ING)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. (L Micrones)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 2000. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code). (ICBN St Louis) [for gender of generic name see Art. 62.2, Ex. 3].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967–. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale). (F Afr Centr)
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
• León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. (F PuertoR)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
• Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932–. Flora of Suriname. (F Suriname)
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
• Spellman, D. L. et al. A list of the monocotyledoneae/dicotyledonae of Belize. Published in Rhodora v. 77 & 83, 1975 & 1981 (L Belize)
• St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. (L Hawaii)
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. (TreesS Mex)
• Standley, P. C. 1937–1939. Flora of Costa Rica. (F CRStand)
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. (Dict Econ Pl)
• Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Conocarpus erectus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Conocarpus erectus. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Conocarpus erectus L.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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