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Barringtonia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Barringtonia-acutangula-SF23323-08.jpg

|image_caption = B. acutangula in flower

|taxon = Barringtonia

|authority = J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., conserved name

|synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}}

|synonyms =

  • Abdulmajidia {{small|Whitmore}} 1974
  • Agasta {{small|Miers}} 1875
  • Baranda {{small|Llanos}} 1859
  • Botryoropis {{small|C.Presl}} 1851
  • Butonica {{small|Lam.}} 1785
  • Commercona {{small|Sonn.}} 1776
  • Doxomma {{small|Miers}} 1875
  • Huttum {{small|Adans.}} 1763, nom. rej.
  • Megadendron {{small|Miers}} 1875
  • Menichea {{small|Sonn. ex J.F.Gmel.}} 1791
  • Menichea {{small|Sonn.}} 1776, not validly publ.
  • Meteorus {{small|Lour.}} 1790
  • Michelia {{small|Kuntze}} 1891, nom. illeg.
  • Mitraria {{small|J.F.Gmel.}} 1791
  • Stravadia {{small|Pers.}} 1806
  • Stravadium {{small|Juss.}} 1789

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Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025054 Tropicos, Barringtonia J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.] It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103540 Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 293 玉蕊属 yu rui shu Barringtonia J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 38. 1775. ] The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington.{{cite book|title=Verba nominalia; or, Words derived from proper names|author= Charnock, Richard Stephen| year=1866| publisher=Trübner & co.|place=London|url=https://archive.org/stream/verbanominaliaor00charrich#page/16/mode/2up/| page=16}}

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 {{botanygloss|terminal}}, {{botanygloss|axil|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 {{botanygloss|obovate}}, {{botanygloss|ellipsoidal|ellipsoid}} or {{botanygloss|fusiform}}, and may be angled or winged. They contain one large seed.{{R|FOA|FOC}}

Species list

The following is a list of all 72 species of Barringtonia accepted by Plants of the World Online {{As of|2024|6|lc=y}}:

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Gallery

File:Barringtonia asiatica - twin flower.JPG|Flowers of B. asiatica

File:玉蕊 Barringtonia racemosa 20210125093732 07.jpg|Flowers of B. racemosa

File:Barringtonia neocaledonica kz04.jpg|Fruit of B. neocaledonica

File:Fruits of Putat (Barringtonia racemosa).JPG|Fruit of B. racemosa

File:Barringtonia asiatica unripe fruit Beqa FIji.jpg|Fruit of B. asiatica

References

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{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329914-2 |title=Barringtonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2024 |access-date=26 June 2024}}

{{cite book |last1=Forster |first1=Johann Reinhold |last2=Forster |first2=Georg |title=Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, : collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis |date=1776 |location=London |page=76 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3590578 |lang=la |access-date=26 June 2024}}

{{cite web |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Barringtonia |title=Barringtonia |last1=Henderson |first1=R.J.F. |last2=Kodela |first2=P.G. |year=2022 |editor-last1=Kodela |editor-first1=P.G. |website=Flora of Australia |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra |access-date=26 June 2024}}

{{cite web |title=Barringtonia |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103540 |website=Flora of China (eFloras) |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. |access-date=26 June 2024}}

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External links

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  • [https://www.gbif.org/species/3082715 View a map] of recorded sightings of Barringtonia at the GBIF website
  • [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=184663 View observations] of Barringtonia on iNaturalist

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Category:Ericales genera

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