• Avicennia Linnaeus, 1753
• Avicennia africana Palisot de Beauvois
• Avicennia alba Blume
• Avicennia balanophora Stapf & Moldenke ex Moldenke accepted as Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
• Avicennia bicolor Standley
• Avicennia eucalyptifolia (Valeton) Moldenke
• Avicennia eucalyptifolia (Zipp. ex Miq.) Moldenke
• Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
• Avicennia integra Duke
• Avicennia intermedia Griff. accepted as Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
• Avicennia lanata Ridley
• Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
• Avicennia mindanaense Elmer accepted as Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
• Avicennia nitida Jacq. accepted as Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
• Avicennia officinalis L.
• Avicennia rumphiana Hallier f.
• Avicennia schaueriana Stapf & Leechman ex Moldenke
• Avicennia tomentosa Jacq. accepted as Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
• Avicennia tomentosa Willd. accepted as Avicennia officinalis L.
• Avicennia tonduzii Moldenke accepted as Avicennia bicolor Standley
• Avicenniaceae Miquel, 1845 accepted as Acanthaceae de Jussieu, 1789