{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Barringtonia-acutangula-SF23323-08.jpg |image_caption = ''B. acutangula'' in flower |taxon = Barringtonia |authority = J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., conserved name |synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}} |synonyms = {{species list|hidden=yes|header=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.<ref name="FORSTER"/><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025054 Tropicos, ''Barringtonia'' J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.]</ref> It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.<ref name="POWO"/><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103540 Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 293 <big>玉蕊属</big> yu rui shu ''Barringtonia'' J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 38. 1775. ]</ref> The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington.<ref name="FORSTER"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Verba nominalia; or, Words derived from proper names|author= Charnock, Richard Stephen|authorlink=Richard Stephen Charnock| year=1866| publisher=Trübner & co.|place=London|url=https://archive.org/stream/verbanominaliaor00charrich#page/16/mode/2up/| page=16}}</ref>
==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 {{botanygloss|terminal}}, {{botanygloss|axil|axillary}}, or cauliflorus. The {{botanygloss|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 {{botanygloss|obovate}}, {{botanygloss|ellipsoidal|ellipsoid}} or {{botanygloss|fusiform}}, and may be angled or winged. They contain one large seed.{{R|FOA|FOC}}
==Species list== The following is a list of all 73 species of ''Barringtonia'' accepted by Plants of the World Online {{As of|2025|6|lc=y}}:<ref name="POWO"/> {{Columns-list|colwidth=20em| * ''Barringtonia acutangula'' <small>(L.) Gaertn.</small> − India, SE Asia, Afghanistan, New Guinea, Queensland * ''Barringtonia apiculata'' <small>Lauterb.</small> − Sulawesi, New Guinea * ''Barringtonia ashtonii'' <small>Payens</small> − Borneo * ''Barringtonia asiatica'' <small>(L.) Kurz</small> − India, Madagascar, SE Asia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, various islands of the Pacific & Indian Oceans * ''Barringtonia augusta'' <small>Kurz</small> − Indochina * ''Barringtonia belagaensis'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Sarawak * ''Barringtonia calyptrata'' <small>(Miers) R.Br. ex Benth.</small> − New Guinea, Queensland * ''Barringtonia calyptrocalyx'' <small>K.Schum.</small> − New Guinea, New Britain * ''Barringtonia chaniana'' <small>(Whitmore) Prance</small> − Peninsular Malaysia * ''Barringtonia chantaranoi'' {{small|Prance}} − Borneo * ''Barringtonia conoidea'' <small>Griff.</small> − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia * ''Barringtonia corneri'' <small>Kiew & K.M.Wong</small> − Peninsular Malaysia * ''Barringtonia curranii'' <small>Merr.</small> − Sarawak, Sabah, Palawan * ''Barringtonia edulis'' <small>Seem.</small> − Fiji, Vanuatu * ''Barringtonia filirachis'' <small>Payens</small> − Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra * ''Barringtonia fitriana'' {{small|Latiff}} – Peninsula Malaysia * ''Barringtonia fusicarpa'' <small>Hu</small> − China * ''Barringtonia fusiformis'' <small>King</small> − Peninsular Malaysia * ''Barringtonia gigantostachya'' <small>Koord. & Valeton</small> − Java * ''Barringtonia glomerata'' <small>Prance</small> − Peninsular Malaysia * ''Barringtonia hallieri'' <small>R.Knuth</small> − Borneo * ''Barringtonia havilandii'' <small>Ridl.</small> − Borneo * ''Barringtonia integrifolia'' <small>(Montrouz.) Schltr.</small> − New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands * ''Barringtonia jebbiana'' <small>Takeuchi</small> - New Guinea * ''Barringtonia josephstaalensis'' <small>W.N.Takeuchi</small> − New Guinea * ''Barringtonia khaoluangensis'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Thailand * ''Barringtonia lanceolata'' <small>(Ridl.) Payens</small> − Borneo * ''Barringtonia latiffiana'' <small>(El-Sherif) Prance</small> − Pulau Langkawi * ''Barringtonia lauterbachii'' <small>R.Knuth</small> − New Guinea * ''Barringtonia laxiflora'' <small>Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar.</small> − Vietnam * ''Barringtonia longifolia'' <small>Schltr.</small> − New Caledonia * ''Barringtonia longipes'' <small>Gagnep.</small> − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia * ''Barringtonia longisepala'' <small>Payens</small> − Brunei, Sabah * ''Barringtonia lumina'' <small>Jebb & Prance</small> − New Guinea, Solomon Islands * ''Barringtonia macrocarpa'' <small>Hassk.</small> − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra * ''Barringtonia macrostachya'' <small>(Jack) Kurz</small> − SE Asia, Southern China, New Guinea * ''Barringtonia magnifolia'' <small>Prance</small> − Maluku * ''Barringtonia maxwelliana'' <small>(Whitmore) Prance</small> − Bukit Larut * ''Barringtonia monticola'' <small>Jebb & Prance</small> − Papua New Guinea * ''Barringtonia neocaledonica'' <small>Vieill.</small> − New Caledonia * ''Barringtonia niedenzuana'' <small>(K.Schum.) R.Knuth</small> − Sulawesi, Maluku Islands, Papuasia * ''Barringtonia norshamiae'' <small>Prance</small> − Peninsular Malaysia * ''Barringtonia novae-hiberniae'' <small>Lauterb.</small> − Huon Peninsula, Papuasia * ''Barringtonia palawanensis'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Palawan * ''Barringtonia papeh'' <small>Lauterb.</small> − Papuasia * ''Barringtonia papuana'' <small>Lauterb.</small> − New Guinea * ''Barringtonia parkinsonii'' <small>Thammar.</small> − Myanmar * ''Barringtonia pauciflora'' <small>King</small> − Perak * ''Barringtonia payensiana'' <small>Whitmore</small> − Perak, Selangor * ''Barringtonia pendula'' <small>(Griff.) Kurz</small> − Yunnan, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra * ''Barringtonia pinnifolia'' <small>Jebb & Prance</small> − Papua New Guinea * ''Barringtonia procera'' <small>(Miers) R.Knuth</small> − Papuasia, Vanuatu * ''Barringtonia pseudoglomerata'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Sarawak, Sabah * ''Barringtonia pterita'' <small>Merr.</small> − Philippines * ''Barringtonia racemosa'' <small>(L.) Spreng.</small> − E & SE Africa, S & SE Asia, S China, Queensland, various islands of the Pacific & Indian Oceans * ''Barringtonia reticulata'' <small>(Blume) Miq.</small> − Andaman & Nicobar, W Indonesia, Philippines * ''Barringtonia revoluta'' <small>Merr.</small> − Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * ''Barringtonia ridsdalei'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Palawan * ''Barringtonia rimata'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Peninsular Malaysia, S Thailand * ''Barringtonia samoensis'' <small>A.Gray</small> − Samoa, Micronesia, New Guinea, Maluku, Sulawesi * ''Barringtonia sanimiranii'' <small>Rohana & Latiff.</small> − Peninsular Malaysia * ''Barringtonia sarawakensis'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Sarawak * ''Barringtonia sarcostachys'' <small>(Blume) Miq.</small> − Sumatra, Borneo * ''Barringtonia schmidtii'' <small>Warb. ex Craib.</small> − Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia * ''Barringtonia scortechinii'' <small>King</small> − Peninsular Malaysia, S Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra * ''Barringtonia seaturae'' <small>H.B.Guppy</small> − Fiji * ''Barringtonia serenae'' <small>Jebb & Prance</small> − Papua New Guinea * ''Barringtonia tagala'' <small>Jebb & Prance</small> − Papua New Guinea * ''Barringtonia terengganuensis'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Terengganu * ''Barringtonia thailandica'' <small>Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar.</small> − eastern Thailand * ''Barringtonia tomentosa'' <small>Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar.</small> − Vietnam * ''Barringtonia waasii'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Sri Lanka * ''Barringtonia zainudiniana'' <small>(El-Sherif & Latiff) Prance</small> − Kedah }}
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> 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'' </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist|28em|refs= <ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329914-2 |title=''Barringtonia'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2025 |access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="FORSTER">{{cite book |last1=Forster |first1=Johann Reinhold |last2=Forster |first2=Georg |title=Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, : collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis |date=1776 |location=London |page=76 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3590578 |lang=la |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="FOA">{{cite web |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Barringtonia |title=''Barringtonia'' |last1=Henderson |first1=R.J.F. |last2=Kodela |first2=P.G. |year=2022 |editor-last1=Kodela |editor-first1=P.G. |website=Flora of Australia |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="FOC">{{cite web |title=''Barringtonia'' |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103540 |website=Flora of China (eFloras) |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{Commons-inline}} * {{Wikispecies-inline}} * [https://www.gbif.org/species/3082715 View a map] of recorded sightings of ''Barringtonia'' at the GBIF website * [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=184663 View observations] of ''Barringtonia'' on iNaturalist
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