Careya

Careya
Careya arborea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Lecythidaceae
Subfamily:	Barringtonioidea
Genus:	Careya Roxb.
Synonyms[1]
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

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]

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. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Roxburgh, William. 1819. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 13
3. Roxburgh, W. (1819). Plants of the coast of Coromandel. Plant Illustrations. Vol. 3.
4. "Plants of the Coast of Coromandel". International Plants Name Index. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
5. "Careya Roxb". Tropicos. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
6. 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

• Media related to Careya at Wikimedia Commons