红树林是热带海岸滩涂上一种特殊的植被资源,在世界上分布于南、北纬32°之间的沿海地区,但以湿润的赤道热带地区为主,尤其是马来半岛及邻近岛屿的海岸上最为茂盛。按其地理分布特征,世界红树林有两个分布中心:一在东亚,另一为中南美洲,其中以东亚的较为繁茂。广东的红树林在组成种类、外貌和结构方面,同马来半岛 Mangroves are a kind of special vegetation resources on tropical coast beaches. They are distributed in the world in coastal areas between south and north latitude 32 °. However, they are dominated by humid equatorial tropical regions, especially the coast of Malay Peninsula and neighboring islands On the most flourishing. According to its geographical distribution, the world’s mangroves have two distribution centers: one in East Asia and the other in Central and South America, with the more lush East Asia. Mangroves in Guangdong in the composition of the species, appearance and structure, with the Malay Peninsula