Barringtonia
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Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plant
s in the family Lecythidaceae
. A common name is cornbeefwood.
Bengali name is "Hijalna".
Species
include:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Lecythidaceae
Lecythidaceae
The Lecythidaceae comprise a family of about 20 genera and 250-300 species of woody plants native to tropical South America and Madagascar.According to the most recent molecular analysis of Lecythidaceae The Lecythidaceae comprise a family of about 20 genera and 250-300 species of woody plants...
. A common name is cornbeefwood.
Bengali name is "Hijalna".
Species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
include:
- Barringtonia acutangulaBarringtonia acutangulaBarringtonia acutangula is a species of Barringtonia native to coastal wetlands in southern Asia and northern Australasia, from Afghanistan east to the Philippines and Queensland.-Medicinal Uses:Antitumor Antibiotic...
- Barringtonia asiaticaBarringtonia asiaticaBarringtonia asiatica is a species of Barringtonia native to mangrove habitats on the tropical coasts and islands of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean from Zanzibar east to Taiwan, the Philippines, Fiji, New Caledonia, the Cook Islands, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia...
- Barringtonia calyptrataBarringtonia calyptrataBarringtonia calyptrata is a species of mangrove belonging to the family Lecythidaceae....
- Barringtonia edulis Seem.
- Barringtonia payensianaBarringtonia payensianaBarringtonia payensiana is a species of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family.It is found only in Malaysia.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 18 July 2007....
- Barringtonia procera (Miers) R.Knuth
- Barringtonia racemosaBarringtonia racemosaBarringtonia racemosa is a tree in the family Lecythidaceae. It is commonly known as the Powder-puff Tree. It is found in coastal swamp forests and on the edges of estuaries in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east coast of Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal to Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia,...
(L.) Spreng. - Barringtonia reticulata (Blume) Miq.
- Barringtonia samoensis A.Gray
- Barringtonia seaturae H.B.Guppy (= B. petiolata)