Overview
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Parashorea is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae. The name Parashorea is derived from Greek (para = similar to) and refers to the genus similarity to Shorea. It contains about 15 species distributed from South Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China and the southernmost parts of China to Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Parashorea is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Parashorea: P. aptera · P. buchananii · P. chinensis · P. chinensis var. kwangsiensis · P. densiflora (White Seraya) · P. densiflora kerrii · P. dussaudii · P. globosa (White Seraya) · P. kerrii · P. laotica · P. longisperma · P. lucida (White Meranti) · P. macrophylla (White Seraya) · P. malaanonan (White Seraya) · P. parvifolia · P. plicata · P. poilanei · P. smythiesii · P. stellata (White Seraya) · P. tomentella · P. warburgii
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