摘要
Thispaperreviewsanddiscussesthetechnicaltermsanddefinitionofmangroveandmangal,aswellasmangroveplant.Thewordmangrovehasbeenusedtorefereithertotheconstituentplantoftropicalandsubtropicalintertidalcommunityortothecommunityitself,butthisusagemakesmoreconfusion.Beingleavedmangroveinthemorelimitedsensefortheconstituentplantspecies,mangalwasproposedbyMacNae(1968)asatermformangrovecommunity,whichhasbeenuniversallyappliedtomostpreviousstudiesandshouldbeadoptednow.Mangroveshouldbethereforedefinedasatropicalandsubtropicaltreerestrictedtointertidalzones,whichpossessessomemorphologicalspecializionandphysiologicalmechanismadaptedtoitshabitat,andmangalasatropicalandsubtropicalforestcommunityrestrictedtomarineintertidalzonesandperiodicallyinundeatedbythetides.Anewterm″consortiveplant″isproposedhereforherb,liana,epiphyteorparasite,whichisrestrictedinthestrictmangrovehabitat.
出版日期
2004年02月12日（中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
