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racemosa

Taxon

Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.

Protologue Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3 1826 [Jan-Jun 1826]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 095.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 095.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 017.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 016.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 016.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 096.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 096.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 097.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov 02. 097.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 028.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 029.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 029.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 027.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 027.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 026.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 026.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. KwaZulu-Nat. Mtunzini, Raphia palm  Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03 014.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So. Africa. KwaZulu-Nat. Mtunzini, Raphia palm Nat. Res. 29 Sep 03 014.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 067.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 067.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 073.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 073.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 071.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 071.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 070.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 070.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 068.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 068.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 074.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 074.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 065.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 065.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 069.jpg

Barringtonia racemosa--So.Africa. Durban Bot. Garden. 14 Mch 05. 069.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 39 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and Pacific (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

March 15, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Buffalo City NU, Lowveld National Botanical Garden)

-33.016111, 27.808333

Location Remarks

City of Nelspruit

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

November 24, 2002

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

March 14, 2005

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)

36.728611, 2.194444

Location Remarks

70 St. Thomas Road, Durban

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

No collection number

September 29, 2003

Location

South Africa

Location Remarks

Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Lecythidaceae

Genus

Barringtonia

Specific Epithet

racemosa

Authorship

(L.) Spreng.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#256,462 of 335,497

Top 77%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →