Rhizophora mucronata Var3

Rhizophora mucronata is a mangrove species found on tropical and subtropical coasts, rivers, and swamps of East Africa, Asia, and America. It has long been valued as an aesthetic plant due to its ability to provide habitat for birds and other wildlife.

Mangroves are an abundant and diverse species, with the most widespread populations occurring along the Malay Peninsula. In Africa, mangroves can be found from Nahoon in the Eastern Cape to Kosi Bay in KwaZulu-Natal as well as along South Indian Ocean shorelines (Figure 1) (figure 1).

R. mucronata genetic structure is complex and can be explained by multiple mechanisms, contrary to popular belief that it is solely due to biogeographical "barriers". Populations within different ocean currents or other regionally significant features like convergence zones may exhibit genetic differentiation due to these features which could serve as 'barriers' for long distance gene flow but might also be more permeable than previously believed.

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