''Barringtonia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Lecythidaceae The Lecythidaceae ( ) comprise a family of about 20 genera and 250–300 species of woody plants native to tropical South America, Africa (including Madagascar), Asia and Australia. Well known members of the family include the cannonball tree ...

first described as a genus with this name in 1775. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The genus name commemorates

Daines Barrington Daines Barrington, FRS, 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 natural history topics. Barrington served as a Vice President of ...

Description

Plants in this genus are evergreen trees or shrubs, which may be

deciduous In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed Leaf, leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...

or semi-deciduous. Leaves are

entire Entire may refer to: * Entire function, a function that is holomorphic on the whole complex plane * Entire (animal), an indication that an animal is not neutered * Entire (botany) This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions o ...

or toothed.

Inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...

s are pendulous or (rarely) erect

raceme A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ...

s, either , , or cauliflorus. The 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 , or , and may be angled or winged. They contain one large seed.

Species list

The following is a list of all 73 species of ''Barringtonia'' accepted by

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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

External links

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