# Pelliciera

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Pelliciera rhizophorae.jpg
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| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author1=Rueda, C. |author2=Contreras, M. |author3=Madrinan, S. |name-list-style=amp |year=2024 |title=''Pelliciera rhizophorae'' |article-number=e.T233987400A152068879 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T233987400A152068879.en |access-date=25 February 2026}}</ref>
| genus = Pelliciera
| parent_authority = Planch. & Triana
| species = rhizophorae
| authority = [Planch.](/source/Jules_%C3%89mile_Planchon) & [Triana](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Jer%C3%B3nimo_Triana)
}}

'''''Pelliciera rhizophorae''''', known as the '''tea mangrove''', is a less-common species of [mangrove](/source/mangrove)s found along the Pacific coast from the [Gulf of Nicoya](/source/Gulf_of_Nicoya) in [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica) to the [Esmeraldas River](/source/Esmeraldas_River) in [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador), as well as within stands located in Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia.<ref name="mangrove">{{cite web|url=http://www.mangrove.at/pelliciera-rhizophorae_tea-mangrove.html|title=Pelliciera rhizophorae - Tea Mangrove|publisher=mangrove.at|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref> During eras such as the [Cenozoic](/source/Cenozoic_era), the species was prevalent. The [mangrove hummingbird](/source/mangrove_hummingbird)s of Costa Rica live off the relatively large quantity of nectar produced by its prolific blooms.<ref name="cornell">{{cite web|url=https://www.neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/identification?p_p_spp=25358|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730001224/http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/identification?p_p_spp=25358 |archive-date=2010-07-30 |url-status=dead|title=Identification - Mangrove Hummingbird (Amazilia boucardi) - Neotropical Birds|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref> ''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](/source/Tetrameristaceae).<ref>{{cite book|title=Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants|author=Takhtadzhi͡an, A.L.|date=1997|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231100984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnCVQjDUfuEC|page=165|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants|author=Cronquist, A.|date=1981|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231038805|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EB6qflbmcrwC|page=330|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{GRIN| Pelliciera rhizophorae|27150}}</ref>

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Category:Ericales
Category:Mangroves
Category:Flora of Central America
Category:Flora of Colombia
Category:Flora of Ecuador
Category:Monotypic Ericales genera
Category:Tropical Eastern Pacific flora

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