Avicennia (Mangrove) is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. They are native to Pacific Basin excluding Hawaii, The Contiguous United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
Definition: Expressions of the estuarine biome occur at wide lower courses of a rivers where they flow into a sea. Estuaries experience tidal flows and their water is a changing mixture of fresh and salt.
