Barringtonia
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]
| Barringtonia | |
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| Barringtonia asiatica | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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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]
- 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
    
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Tree in Hyderabad, India.
Flowers in Hyderabad, India.
References
    
- 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
    
 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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