Lecythidaceae
Barringtonia

Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 127 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal and W. Pacific. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Christmas I., Comoros, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chayamarit, K. & Balslav, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Thailand 14(4): 511-669. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kiew, R., Chung, R.C.K., Shaw, L.G. & Soepadmo, E. (eds.) (2012). Flora of peninsular Malaysia 3: 1-385. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia.
  • National Parks Board Singapore (2006). Vascular Plant Life Checklist Pulau Ubin www.nparks.gov.sg/nparks_cms/cms/cmsmgr/data/6/PlantChkList.xls.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Prance, G.T. & Jongkind, C.C.H. (2015). A revision of African Lecythidaceae. Kew Bulletin 70(1; 6): 1-68.
  • Singh, V., Singh, P. & Dash, S.S. (eds.) in Sharma, B.D. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (eds) (2021). Flora of India 9: 1-482. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Smith, A.C. (1981). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 2: 1-810. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Takeuchi, W. (2005). Floristic notes from a holocene successional environment in Papuasia. Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 95-116.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chayamarit, K. & Balslav, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Thailand 14(4): 511-669. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin & G. Moggi [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 658, fig. 290 (1921).
  • Backer & Bakh. f., Fl. Java 1: 353 (1963).
  • C.B. CI. in Fl. Brit. India 2: 507 (1879).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 613 (1959).
  • DC., Prodr. 3: 288 (1828).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 243, fig. 48 (1961).
  • Harv. in Fl. Cap. 2: 523 (1862).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 263 (1949).
  • Knuth in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 219: 17 (1939).
  • Lawson in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 438 (1871).
  • Payens in Blumea 15: 192 (1967).
  • Perrier de la Bâthie in Fl. Madag. 149: 4, fig. 2/6–9 (1954).
  • R. O. Williams, Useful and Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar and Pemba p. 139, fig. (1949).
  • Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 127 (1826).
  • van Balgooy & Payens, Pacific Pl. Areas 2 (Blumea Suppl. 5) p. 292 & Map 164 (1966).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 20, 2008 Laman et al. [412] Indonesia K000517656 No
Aug 20, 2008 Kessler et al. [Berau 232] Indonesia K000517648 No
Jul 1, 2008 Asnah [FRI 35595] Malaysia K000517618 No
Jul 1, 2008 Kessler et al. [Berau 395] Indonesia K000517605 No
Jul 1, 2008 Saw [FRI 36273] Malaysia K000517617 No
Jul 1, 2008 Afriastini [2802] Indonesia K000517604 No
Sep 26, 2006 Ag. Amin [SAN 126238] Malaysia K000229721 No
May 7, 1997 Simaga, J.M. [783] Papua New Guinea K001870759 Yes
Jul 1, 1968 Kirk [78] Tanzania K000225881 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1968 Kirk [s.n.] Tanzania K000225882 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1968 Griffith, W. [s.n.] Malaysia K000761374 Holotype Yes
Jul 1, 1968 Horne [379] Seychelles K000225876 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1968 Schomburgk, R. [s.n.] Thailand K001067626 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1968 Horsfield, T. [26] Indonesia K000761541 Isotype Yes
Jun 1, 1968 Wallich, N. [3634C] Malaysia K000761352 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1961 Horsfield, T. [21] Indonesia K000761543 Holotype Yes
Nov 20, 1957 Kirk [s.n.] K000225880 Unknown Type Material Yes
Seychelles K:SPC-80097.000 No
Seychelles K:SPC-65761.000 No
Horsfield, T. [26] Indonesia K000761542 Isotype Yes
Prance, G.T. [30912] Hawaii K000639078 No

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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