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Parsonsia is a genus of woody vines in the family Apocynaceae. Species occur throughout Indomalaya, Australasia and Melanesia.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apocynoideae |
| Tribe: | Echiteae |
| Genus: | Parsonsia R.Br. |
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| Occurrence data for Parsonsia (GBIF) | |
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The leaves are opposite, the shape and size of juvenile leaves often bearing little resemblance to the adult leaves.[2] The latex may be clear and colourless, pale yellow or milky white.[2] The flowers are green, white, cream, yellow, orange, red, pink or brown, sometimes with contrasting markings. These are followed by elongated pod-like capsules, the two follicles eventually separating to reveal numerous seeds with long, silky hairs.[2]
The genus was named and described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown in his paper On the Asclepiadeae published in Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society .[3] He named the genus in honour of James Parsons (1705–1770), an English physician and Fellow of the Royal Society.[4]
The generic name Parsonsia R.Br. (1810) is conserved against the earlier homonym Parsonsia P.Browne which was given to a genus in the family Lythraceae. The latter genus is now included in Cuphea.[5]
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Accepted species[1]
- Parsonsia affinis Baill. – New Caledonia
- Parsonsia alboflavescens (Dennst.) Mabb. – China, Taiwan, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Australia.[3][8][9]
- Parsonsia apiculata D.J.Middleton
- Parsonsia aneityensis Guillaumin – Vanuatu
- Parsonsia apiculata (Bakh.f.) D.J.Middleton – Java, Bali
- Parsonsia appressa D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea[9]
- Parsonsia bartlensis J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia blakeana J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia brachiata Baillon ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia brisbanensis J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia brownii (Britten) Pichon – SE Australia[3]
- Parsonsia buruensis (Teijsm. & Binn.) Boerl. – Maluku, Papua New Guinea[9]
- Parsonsia capsularis (Forster f.) R. Br. – New Zealand[11]
- Parsonsia catalpicarpa – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia celebica (Oliv.) Sleesen – W Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi
- Parsonsia constricta D.J.Middleton – W New Guinea
- Parsonsia crebriflora Baill. – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia curvisepala K. Schum. – Perak, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines[9][12]
- Parsonsia densiflora D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea [9]
- Parsonsia densivestita C.T.White – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia diaphanophleba F.Muell. – Western Australia [3]
- Parsonsia dorrigoensis J.B.Williams – New South Wales[3]
- Parsonsia edulis (G. Benn.) Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia effusa S. Moore – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia eucalyptophylla F.Muell. – E Australia[3]
- Parsonsia ferruginea J.B.Williams – Queensland [3]
- Parsonsia flavescens Merr. & L.M. Perry – New Guinea [9][13]
- Parsonsia flexilis Baill. – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia flexuosa Baill. – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia franchetii Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands[10]
- Parsonsia fulva S.T.Blake – Queensland, NSW[3]
- Parsonsia goniostemon Hand.-Mazz. – Guangxi[8]
- Parsonsia grandiflora D.J.Middleton[3] – Bacan I in Maluku[14]
- Parsonsia grayana J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia hebetica Markgr. – Papua New Guinea [9]
- Parsonsia × heterocapsa Allan – New Zealand
- Parsonsia heterophylla A. Cunn. – New Zealand[11]
- Parsonsia howeana J.B.Williams – Lord Howe Island[3]
- Parsonsia inae Guillaumin – Vanuatu
- Parsonsia induplicata F.Muell. – Queensland, NSW[3]
- Parsonsia kimberleyensis J.B.Williams – Western Australia[3]
- Parsonsia kroombitensis J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia laevis – Fiji, Vanuatu[13][15]
- Parsonsia lanceolata R.Br. – Queensland, NSW[3]
- Parsonsia langiana F.Muell. – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia larcomensis J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia largiflorens (F.Muell. ex Benth.) S.T.Blake – Queensland, NSW[3]
- Parsonsia lata Markgr.- Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is [16][9]
- Parsonsia latifolia (Benth.) S.T.Blake – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia laxiflora Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia leichhardtii F.Muell. – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia lenticellata C.T.White – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia lilacina F.Muell. – Queensland, NSW
- Parsonsia longiflora Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia longiloba D.J.Middleton – New Ireland
- Parsonsia longipetiolata J.B.Williams – Queensland, NSW[3]
- Parsonsia macrophylla Pichon ex Guillaumin. – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia marginata Markgr. – New Guinea
- Parsonsia novoguinensis D.J.Middleton – New Guinea [9]
- Parsonsia oligantha (K.Schum.) D.J.Middleton – New Guinea [9]
- Parsonsia pachycarpa Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia paulforsteri J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia pedunculata Markgr. – Bismarck Archipelago[9]
- Parsonsia penangiana King & Gamble – Penang, Thailand
- Parsonsia philippinensis Merr. – Philippines, Java, Borneo, W Malaysia, Thailand
- Parsonsia plaesiophylla S.T.Blake – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia populifolia Baill. – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia praeruptis Heads & P.J.de Lange – North I of New Zealand
- Parsonsia purpurascens J.B.Williams – New South Wales[3]
- Parsonsia rotata Maiden & Betche – Queensland, NSW[3]
- Parsonsia rubra Kaneh. & Hatus. J. – Maluku, New Guinea [9][13]
- Parsonsia sanguinea Markgr. – New Guinea[3][9][13]
- Parsonsia sankowskyana J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia scabra (Labill.) Markgr. – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia schoddei D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea [9]
- Parsonsia smithii Markgr. – Vanua Levu in Fiji
- Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell. – Queensland, NSW[3]
- Parsonsia sundensis D.J.Middleton[3] – East Timor[17]
- Parsonsia tenuiflora D.J.Middleton[3] – W New Guinea
- Parsonsia tenuis S.T.Blake – Queensland, NSW[3]
- Parsonsia terminaliifolia Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
- Parsonsia vaccinoides Markgr. – W New Guinea [9]
- Parsonsia velutina R.Br. – Timor, Maluku, Australia, New Guinea[3][9]
- Parsonsia ventricosa F.Muell. – Queensland, NSW[3]
- Parsonsia warenensis Kanehira & Hatusima – Papua New Guinea [9]
- Parsonsia wildensis J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
- Parsonsia wongabelensis J.B.Williams- Queensland[3]
- formerly included[1]
- Parsonsia balansae Baill. = Artia balansae (Baill.) Pichon ex Guillaumin
- Parsonsia barbata Blume = Parameria laevigata (Juss.) Moldenke
- Parsonsia brachycarpa Baill. = Artia brachycarpa (Baill.) Boiteau
- Parsonsia bracteata Hook. & Arn. = Mandevilla pentlandiana (DC.) Woodson
- Parsonsia corymbosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Steud. = Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
- Parsonsia diversifolia (Warb.) Markgr. = Lyonsia diversifolia Warb.
- Parsonsia floribunda (Sw.) R.Br. ex Steud. = Pinochia floribunda (Sw.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
- Parsonsia francii Guillaumin = Artia francii (Guillaumin) Pichon
- Parsonsia galeottiana Baill. = Thenardia galeottiana Baill.
- Parsonsia javanica Blume 1826 not (Blume) K. Schum 1895 = Urceola javanica (Blume) Boerl.
- Parsonsia leptocarpa Hook. & Arn. = Forsteronia leptocarpa (Hook. & Arn.) A.DC.
- Parsonsia lifuana Baill. = Artia lifuana (Baill.) Pichon ex Guillaumin
- Parsonsia myrtifolia (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. = Landolphia myrtifolia (Poir.) Markgr.
- Parsonsia ovata Wall. ex G.Don = Pottsia laxiflora (Blume) Kuntze
- Parsonsia spicata (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Steud. = Forsteronia spicata (Jacq.) G.Mey.
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A species from New Zealand, Parsonsia variablis (Variable-leaved Parsonsia), was introduced into cultivation in England in 1847 as a greenhouse plant and was noted to have a sweet scent, however the flowers were regarded as "not very showy".[18] This species is thought to be a form of Parsonsia heterophylla.[11]
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