Pelliciera

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title: "Pelliciera" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ericales", "mangroves", "flora-of-central-america", "flora-of-southern-america", "monotypic-ericales-genera", "tropical-eastern-pacific-flora"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/ericales" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelliciera" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

| image = Pelliciera rhizophorae.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Pelliciera | parent_authority = Planch. & Triana | species = rhizophorae | authority = Planch. & Triana

Pelliciera rhizophorae, known as the tea mangrove, is a less-common species of mangroves found along the Pacific coast from the Gulf of Nicoya in Costa Rica to the Esmeraldas River in Ecuador, as well as within stands located in Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia. During eras such as the Cenozoic, the species was prevalent. The mangrove hummingbirds of Costa Rica live off the relatively large quantity of nectar produced by its prolific blooms. Pelliciera rhizophorae is the only species in the genus Pelliciera which was previously recognized as the only genus in the family Pellicieraceae, but is now included in the family Tetrameristaceae.

References

References

1. "Pelliciera rhizophorae - Tea Mangrove". mangrove.at.
2. "Identification - Mangrove Hummingbird (Amazilia boucardi) - Neotropical Birds".
3. Takhtadzhi͡an, A.L.. (1997). "Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants". Columbia University Press.
4. Cronquist, A.. (1981). "An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants". Columbia University Press.
5. {{GRIN. Pelliciera rhizophorae. 27150

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