Barringtonia

Barringtonia
	Barringtonia asiatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Lecythidaceae
Subfamily:	Barringtonioidea
Genus:	Barringtonia; J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., conserved name
Synonyms
	Huttum Adans., rejected name; Commercona Sonn.; Menichea Sonn.; Butonica Lam.; Stravadium Juss.; Meteorus Lour.; Mitraria J.F.Gmel. 1791, rejected name, not Cav. 1801 (Gesneriaceae); Stravadia Pers.; Botryoropis C.Presl; Baranda Llanos; Agasta Miers; Doxomma Miers; Megadendron Miers; Michelia Kuntze 1891, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 (Magnoliaceae); Abdulmajidia Whitmore;

Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775.^[2]^[3] It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.^[1]^[4] The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington.^[5]

Species list[edit]

The following is a list of species of Barringtonia accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at April 2022:^[1]

Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn. − India, SE Asia, Afghanistan, New Guinea, Queensland
Barringtonia apiculata Lauterb. − Sulawesi, New Guinea
Barringtonia ashtonii Payens − Borneo
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz − India, Madagascar, SE Asia, the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia, various islands of the Pacific + Indian Oceans
Barringtonia augusta Kurz − Indochina
Barringtonia belagaensis Chantar. − Sarawak
Barringtonia calyptrata (Miers) R.Br. ex Benth. − New Guinea, Queensland
Barringtonia calyptrocalyx K.Schum. − New Guinea, New Britain
Barringtonia chaniana (Whitmore) Prance − Peninsular Malaysia
Barringtonia conoidea Griff. − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
Barringtonia corneri Kiew & K.M.Wong − Peninsular Malaysia
Barringtonia curranii Merr. − Sarawak, Sabah, Palawan
Barringtonia edulis Seem. − Fiji, Vanuatu
Barringtonia filirachis Payens − Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
Barringtonia fusicarpa Hu − China
Barringtonia fusiformis King − Peninsular Malaysia
Barringtonia gigantostachya Koord. & Valeton − Java
Barringtonia glomerata Prance − Peninsular Malaysia
Barringtonia hallieri R.Knuth − Borneo
Barringtonia havilandii Ridl. − Borneo
Barringtonia integrifolia (Montrouz.) Schltr. − New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
Barringtonia jebbiana Takeuchi - New Guinea
Barringtonia josephstaalensis W.N.Takeuchi − E New Guinea
Barringtonia khaoluangensis Chantar. − Thailand
Barringtonia lanceolata (Ridl.) Payens − Borneo
Barringtonia latiffiana (El-Sherif) Prance − Pulau Langkawi
Barringtonia lauterbachii R.Knuth − New Guinea
Barringtonia laxiflora Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar. − Vietnam
Barringtonia longifolia Schltr. − New Caledonia
Barringtonia longipes Gagnep. − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
Barringtonia longisepala Payens − Brunei, Sabah
Barringtonia lumina Jebb & Prance − New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Barringtonia macrocarpa Hassk. − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
Barringtonia macrostachya (Jack) Kurz − SE Asia, Southern China, New Guinea
Barringtonia magnifolia Prance − Maluku
Barringtonia maxwelliana (Whitmore) Prance − Bukit Larut
Barringtonia monticola Jebb & Prance − Papua New Guinea
Barringtonia neocaledonica Vieill. − New Caledonia
Barringtonia niedenzuana (K.Schum.) R.Knuth − Sulawesi, Maluku, Papuasia
Barringtonia norshamiae Prance − Peninsular Malaysia
Barringtonia novae-hiberniae Lauterb. − Huon Peninsula, Papuasia
Barringtonia palawanensis Chantar. − Palawan
Barringtonia papeh Lauterb. − Papuasia
Barringtonia papuana Lauterb. − New Guinea
Barringtonia parkinsonii Thammar. − Myanmar
Barringtonia pauciflora King − Perak
Barringtonia payensiana Whitmore − Perak, Selangor
Barringtonia pendula (Griff.) Kurz − Yunnan, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
Barringtonia pinnifolia Jebb & Prance − Papua New Guinea
Barringtonia procera (Miers) R.Knuth − Papuasia, Vanuatu
Barringtonia pseudoglomerata Chantar. − Sarawak, Sabah
Barringtonia pterita Merr. − Philippines
Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. − E + SE Africa, S + SE Asia, S China, Queensland, various islands of the Pacific + Indian Oceans
Barringtonia reticulata (Blume) Miq. − Andaman & Nicobar, W Indonesia, Philippines
Barringtonia revoluta Merr. − Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
Barringtonia ridsdalei Chantar. − Palawan
Barringtonia rimata Chantar. − Peninsular Malaysia, S Thailand
Barringtonia samoensis A.Gray − Samoa, Micronesia, New Guinea, Maluku, Sulawesi
Barringtonia sanimiranii Rohana & Latiff. − Peninsular Malaysia
Barringtonia sarawakensis Chantar. − Sarawak
Barringtonia sarcostachys (Blume) Miq. − Sumatra, Borneo
Barringtonia schmidtii Warb. ex Craib. − Thailand to eastern Peninsular Malaysia
Barringtonia scortechinii King − Peninsular Malaysia, S Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra
Barringtonia seaturae H.B.Guppy − Fiji
Barringtonia serenae Jebb & Prance − Papua New Guinea
Barringtonia tagala Jebb & Prance − Papua New Guinea
Barringtonia terengganuensis Chantar. − Terengganu
Barringtonia thailandica Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar. − eastern Thailand
Barringtonia tomentosa Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar. − Vietnam
Barringtonia waasii Chantar. − Sri Lanka
Barringtonia zainudiniana (El-Sherif & Latiff) Prance − Kedah

Gallery[edit]

flower buds in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
fruits and arrangement of leaves in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
fruits in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Tree in Hyderabad, India.
Flowers in Hyderabad, India.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Forster, Johann Reinhold & Forster, Johann Georg Adam. 1775. Characteres Generum Plantarum 38
^ Tropicos, Barringtonia J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
^ Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 293 玉蕊属 yu rui shu Barringtonia J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 38. 1775.
^ Charnock, Richard Stephen (1866). Verba nominalia; or, Words derived from proper names. London: Trübner & co. p. 16.

External links[edit]

Media related to Barringtonia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Barringtonia at Wikispecies
View a map of recorded sightings of Barringtonia at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

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[p-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Forster, Johann Reinhold & Forster, Johann Georg Adam. 1775. Characteres Generum Plantarum 38

[3] Tropicos, Barringtonia J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

[4] Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 293 玉蕊属 yu rui shu Barringtonia J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 38. 1775.

[5] Charnock, Richard Stephen (1866). Verba nominalia; or, Words derived from proper names. London: Trübner & co. p. 16.

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