Background Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775. The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington, a British naturalist that been contribute on multiple natural history topics including making the standard format...

Background Barringtonia are first published in 1776 using this genera name. With 72 species accepted Barringtonia considered as the largest genus in lecythidaceae family. In July 1910 C.A. Lauterbach published Barringtonia papuana as accepted name. Species has the most slender leaves amongst the genera,...