Haines’s Orange Mangrove, family Rhizophoraceae, is a tree that grows to 18 m and is evergreen in Australia. It has well developed buttresses that are mostly triangular. It is distinguished from other Bruguiera taxa by its intermediate sized mature flower buds (18-22 mm long), on 3-flowered inflorescences, petals that are longer than 5 mm (8.5-10 mm long), with 9-11 calyx lobes (sepals or outermost non reproductive parts of the flower).
Haines's Orange Mangrove |
Bruguiera x hainesii
Status: Critically Endangered on the EPBC Act list
Government evidence of impact of climate change:
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Australian Government, Conservation Advice, Bruguiera x hainesii
Threats In Australia; the known population of Haines’s Orange Mangrove is threatened by habitat loss and climate change (see Table 1).
Climate change Rising sea Potential With a rising sea level; the habitat of the species will be levels current disrupted; and the species will suffer mortality at present locations.
Threats to the species include habitat loss from urban and associated infrastructure development and sea level rise associated with climate change.
Flood mitigation works could alter the hydrology and cause tree numbers to be reduced (DoEE 2016).