PLANTS Profile for Barringtonia asiatica (sea putat)

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PLANTS Profile

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz
sea putat

Symbol:

BAAS3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lecythidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

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Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

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Distribution:
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz


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Related Taxa:
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

View 4 genera in Lecythidaceae, 3 species in Barringtonia

Classification:
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Lecythidales
Family	Lecythidaceae – Brazil-nut family
Genus	Barringtonia J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. – barringtonia
Species	Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz – sea putat

Introduced Information:
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507272.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 04:06 PM CST