Biology:Barringtonia

Barringtonia
	Barringtonia asiatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Lecythidaceae
Genus:	Barringtonia; J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., conserved name
Synonyms
	Huttum Adans., rejected name; Commercona Sonn.; Menichea Sonn.; Butonica Lam.; Stravadium Juss.; Meteorus Lour.; Mitraria J.F.Gmel. 1791, rejected name, not Cav. 1801 (Gesneriaceae); Stravadia Pers.; Botryoropis C.Presl; Baranda Llanos; Agasta Miers; Doxomma Miers; Megadendron Miers; Michelia Kuntze 1891, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 (Magnoliaceae); Abdulmajidia Whitmore;

Short description: 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.^[5]

Species list

The following is a list of species of Barringtonia accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at April 2022:^[1]

View a map of recorded sightings of Barringtonia at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

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Barringtonia

Barringtonia asiatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Lecythidaceae
Genus:	Barringtonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., conserved name
Synonyms^[1]
Huttum Adans., rejected name Commercona Sonn. Menichea Sonn. Butonica Lam. Stravadium Juss. Meteorus Lour. Mitraria J.F.Gmel. 1791, rejected name, not Cav. 1801 (Gesneriaceae) Stravadia Pers. Botryoropis C.Presl Baranda Llanos Agasta Miers Doxomma Miers Megadendron Miers Michelia Kuntze 1891, illegitimate homonym not L. 1753 (Magnoliaceae) Abdulmajidia Whitmore