Careya

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Barringtonioideae
Genus: Careya
Species: C. arborea – C. herbacea – C. valida
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Careya in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 April 22. Reference page.

Name

Careya Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 636. (1832)
References

Roxburgh, W. (†). 1832. Flora Indica; or, descriptions of Indian Plants. by the late William Roxburgh. Serampore: W. Thacker & Co. Calcutta; Parbury, Allen & Co., London. Vol. 2. 691 pp. BHL Reference page. [see page 636.]
Tropicos.org 2021. Careya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 April 22.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Careya in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 22 April, 2021.

Careya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus in 1819.[2][3] It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Afghanistan, Indochina, and Peninsular Malaysia.[1]

Tropicos[3] gives date of publication as 1811, but volume 3 was in 1819.[2][4]

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

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Roxburgh, William. 1819. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 13
Tropicos, Careya Roxb.
Roxburgh, W. (1819). Plants of the coast of Coromandel. Plant Illustrations. 3.