Biology:Parishia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Parishia
Parishia insignis 232558280.jpg
Parishia insignis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Genus: Parishia
Hook.f.

Parishia[1] is an Asian plant genus in the family Anacardiaceae, subfamily Anacardioideae.[1] It is found in Indo-China and Malesia; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[1] It was named in 1860, by Joseph Dalton Hooker, in honour of the botanist and plant collector Charles Samuel Pollock Parish.[2][3]

The type species is P. insignis, the first specimens of which were collected by Parish in the Andaman Islands.[3]

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists:[1]

  • Parishia coriacea
  • Parishia dinghouiana
  • Parishia insignis
  • Parishia maingayi
  • Parishia malabog
  • Parishia paucijuga
  • Parishia sericea
  • Parishia trifoliolata

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9055655 entry