Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775.Tropicos, Barringtonia J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 293 玉蕊属 yu rui shu Barringtonia J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 38. 1775. The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington.
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 , , 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 Plants of the World Online :
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View a map of recorded sightings of Barringtonia at the GBIF website View observations of Barringtonia on iNaturalist