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Careya
Careya arborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Lecythidaceae
Genus:
Careya

Roxb. 1819
Synonyms[1]

Cumbia Buch.-Ham.

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 1819.[2][4]

Species[1]
  1. Careya arborea Roxb. - Most of genus range from Afghanistan to Singapore
  2. Careya herbacea Roxb. - Himalayas (N + E India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh)
  3. Careya valida Kurz - Andaman Islands


References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Roxburgh, William. 1819. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 13
  3. ^ a b Tropicos, Careya Roxb.
  4. ^ Plant Illustrations, Roxburgh, W., Plants of the coast of Coromandel, vol. 3 (1819)
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