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
	16 synonyms Abdulmajidia Whitmore ; Agasta Miers ; Baranda Llanos ; Botryoropis C.Presl ; Butonica Lam. ; Commercona Sonn. ; Doxomma Miers ; Huttum Adans. nom. rej. ; Megadendron Miers ; Menichea Sonn. ex J.F.Gmel. ; Menichea Sonn. not validly publ. ; Meteorus Lour. ; Michelia Kuntze nom. illeg. ; Mitraria J.F.Gmel. ; Stravadia Pers. ; Stravadium Juss. ;

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]

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 terminal, axillary, or cauliflorus. The calyx 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 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 73 species of Barringtonia accepted by Plants of the World Online as of June 2025^[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 fitriana Latiff – Peninsula Malaysia
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

Gallery

Flowers of B. asiatica
Flowers of B. racemosa
Fruit of B. neocaledonica
Fruit of B. racemosa
Fruit of B. asiatica

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Barringtonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b Forster, Johann Reinhold; Forster, Georg (1776). Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, : collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis (in Latin). London. p. 76. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ Tropicos, Barringtonia J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
^ Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 293 玉蕊属 yu rui shu Barringtonia J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 38. 1775.
^ Charnock, Richard Stephen (1866). Verba nominalia; or, Words derived from proper names. London: Trübner & co. p. 16.
^ Henderson, R.J.F.; Kodela, P.G. (2022). Kodela, P.G. (ed.). "Barringtonia". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ "Barringtonia". Flora of China (eFloras). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

External links

Media related to Barringtonia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Barringtonia at Wikispecies
View a map of recorded sightings of Barringtonia at the GBIF website
View observations of Barringtonia on iNaturalist

[POWO-1] "Barringtonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.

[FORSTER-2] Forster, Johann Reinhold; Forster, Georg (1776). Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, : collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis (in Latin). London. p. 76. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[3] Tropicos, Barringtonia J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

[4] Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 293 玉蕊属 yu rui shu Barringtonia J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 38. 1775.

[5] Charnock, Richard Stephen (1866). Verba nominalia; or, Words derived from proper names. London: Trübner & co. p. 16.

[FOA-6] Henderson, R.J.F.; Kodela, P.G. (2022). Kodela, P.G. (ed.). "Barringtonia". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[FOC-7] "Barringtonia". Flora of China (eFloras). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

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