Barringtonia

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

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]

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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