''Barringtonia'' is a genus of
flowering plants in the family
Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775. It is native to
Africa, southern
Asia,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, and various islands of the
Pacific and
Indian Oceans.
[ The genus name commemorates ]Daines Barrington
Daines Barrington, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS, Society of Antiquaries of London, FSA (1727/2814 March 1800) was an English lawyer, antiquary and naturalist. He was one of the correspondents to whom Gilbert White wrote extensively on natur ...
.
Species list
The following is a list of species of ''Barringtonia'' accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at April 2022:[
]
Gallery
File:Barringtonia acutangula (Freshwater Mangrove) flower buds in Kolkata W IMG_8546.jpg, flower buds in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
File:Barringtonia acutangula (Freshwater Mangrove) fruits in Kolkata W IMG 8547.jpg, fruits and arrangement of leaves in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
File:Barringtonia acutangula (Freshwater Mangrove) fruits in Kolkata W IMG 8545.jpg, fruits in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
File:Barringtonia acutangula (Freshwater Mangrove) in Hyderabad W IMG 8323.jpg, Tree in Hyderabad, India.
File:Barringtonia acutangula (Freshwater Mangrove) in Hyderabad W IMG 8320.jpg, Flowers in Hyderabad, India.
References
External links
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View a map
of recorded sightings of ''Barringtonia'' at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Ericales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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