Careya

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]

Careya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Lecythidaceae
Genus:	Careya Roxb. 1819
Synonyms[1]
Cumbia Buch.-Ham.

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