| Name | Kandelia (de Candolle) Wight & Arnott |
| Authorship | (de Candolle) Wight & Arnott |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Rhizophoraceae |
| Contains | Kandelia candel (Linnaeus) Druce Kandelia obovata Sheue, H. Y. Liu & J. W. H. Yong Kandelia rheedei Wight & Arn. Kandelia sp. |
| Remarks | Basionym: Rhizophora sect. Kandelia A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 32. Mar 1828.; Type: K. rheedei R. Wight et Arnott, nom. illeg. (Rhizophora candel Linnaeus, K. candel (Linnaues) Druce) |
| Citation | 1834 Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 310 |