| Careya | |
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| Careya arborea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Barringtonioidea |
| Genus: | Careya Roxb. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cumbia Buch.-Ham. | |
Careya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Afghanistan, Indochina, and Peninsular Malaysia.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
It was first described as a genus by William Roxburgh in volume 3 part 1 of Plants of the Coast of Coromandel. The title page of this volume gives the date of publication as 1819,[2][3] but the International Plant Names Index states that this part was first published in 1811,[4] and this is the date accepted by IPNI and Tropicos, for example.[5] Careya (not to be confused with Carya in the walnut family) is a conserved name, and 1811 is also the date given in the conservation proposal.[6]
- Species[1]
- Careya arborea Roxb. – most of genus range from Afghanistan to Singapore
- Careya herbacea Roxb. – Himalayas (N + E India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh)
- Careya valida Kurz – Andaman Islands
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Roxburgh, William. 1819. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 13
- ^ Roxburgh, W. (1819). Plants of the coast of Coromandel. Plant Illustrations. Vol. 3.
- ^ "Plants of the Coast of Coromandel". International Plants Name Index. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Careya Roxb". Tropicos. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ Wiersema, J.H.; et al. (eds.). "Search for 'Careya'". International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017: Appendices I–VII. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
External links[edit]
Media related to Careya at Wikimedia Commons
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