Rhizophoraceae

The Rhizophoraceae is a family of about 100 species of tropical flowering plants. Among the better known members are mangrove trees of the Genus Rhizophora, but most species live on land and a high proportion of these are parasitic. These are woody plants with flowers adapted to pollination by insects, having a nectary disc and typically five petals. They are now placed in the order Malpighiales, though under the older Cronquist system they were given their own order.