Barringtonia

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Barringtonia
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Barringtonia asiatica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Genus: Barringtonia
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., conserved name
Synonyms [1]
  • HuttumAdans., rejected name
  • CommerconaSonn.
  • MenicheaSonn.
  • ButonicaLam.
  • StravadiumJuss.
  • MeteorusLour.
  • MitrariaJ.F.Gmel. 1791, rejected name, not Cav. 1801 (Gesneriaceae)
  • StravadiaPers.
  • BotryoropisC.Presl
  • BarandaLlanos
  • AgastaMiers
  • DoxommaMiers
  • MegadendronMiers
  • MicheliaKuntze 1891, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 (Magnoliaceae)
  • AbdulmajidiaWhitmore

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]

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Species list

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.