Genus of flowering plants
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 .[ 2] [ 5]
Description
Plants in this genus are evergreen trees or shrubs, which may be deciduous or semi-deciduous. Leaves are entire or toothed. Inflorescences are erect or pendulous racemes , either terminal , axillary , or cauliflorus . The calyx has 4 or 5 lobes, petals number between 3 and 6. Stamens are numerous, arranged in 3 to 8 whorls. Ovaries are 2 to 4 locular , with 2 to 8 ovules per locule. The fruit may be obovate , ellipsoid or fusiform , and may be angled or winged. They contain one large seed.[ 6] [ 7]
Species list
The following is a list of all 72 species of Barringtonia accepted by Plants of the World Online as of June 2024[update] :[ 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 , Queensland, 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 chantaranoi Prance − Borneo
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 − 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 Islands , 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, 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
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References
^ a b c "Barringtonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst" . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024 .
^ a b Forster, Johann Reinhold; Forster, Georg (1776). Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, : collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis (in Latin). London. p. 76. Retrieved 26 June 2024 .
^ 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.
^ Henderson, R.J.F.; Kodela, P.G. (2022). Kodela, P.G. (ed.). "Barringtonia " . Flora of Australia . Australian Biological Resources Study , Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 26 June 2024 .
^ "Barringtonia " . Flora of China (eFloras) . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 26 June 2024 .
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