title: Sonneratia
text: # Sonneratia
  
  Sonneratia is a genus of plants in the family Lythraceae. Formerly the Sonneratia were placed in a family called Sonneratiaceae which included both the Sonneratia and the Duabanga, but these two are now placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the family Lythraceae. The genus was also named Blatti by James Edward Smith, but Sonneratia had botanical nomenclature priority. Sonneratia species are mangrove trees. The germination is viviparous.
  
  ## Species
  
  The genus Sonneratia has the following species:
  
  * Sonneratia alba Sm.
  * Sonneratia apetala Banks
  * Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl.
  * Sonneratia griffithii Kurz
  * Sonneratia × gulngai N.C.Duke
  * Sonneratia × hainanensis W.C.Ko, E.Y.Chen & W.Y.Chen
  * Sonneratia lanceolata Blume
  * Sonneratia ovata Backer
  * Sonneratia × urama N.C.Duke
  