Barringtonia
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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.[1][2] It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[3][4] The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington.[1][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 pendulous or (rarely) erect racemes, either Template:Botanygloss, Template:Botanygloss, or cauliflorus. The Template:Botanygloss has four or five lobes (with the exception of B. asiatica, two or three), petals number between three and six. Stamens are numerous, arranged in three to eight whorls. Ovaries are two to four locular, with two to eight ovules per locule. The fruit may be Template:Botanygloss, Template:Botanygloss or Template:Botanygloss, and may be angled or winged. They contain one large seed.Template:R
Species list
The following is a list of all 73 species of Barringtonia accepted by Plants of the World Online since June 2025[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".:[3] Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Gallery
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Flowers of B. asiatica
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Flowers of B. racemosa
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Fruit of B. neocaledonica
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Fruit of B. racemosa
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Fruit of B. asiatica
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References
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- ↑ Tropicos, Barringtonia J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
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- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 293 玉蕊属 yu rui shu Barringtonia J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 38. 1775.
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External links
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- View a map of recorded sightings of Barringtonia at the GBIF website
- View observations of Barringtonia on iNaturalist