Overview
Lianas woody, latex white. Leaves opposite. Cymes corymbose or paniculate, dichotomous, terminal or axillary, pedunculate. Flowers small. Calyx with basal glands inside or 5-scaled. Corolla salverform, tube short, hairy inside distally, faucal scales absent, lobes overlapping to right. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube or at throat; filaments long, strongly intertwisted or geniculate; anthers narrowly sagittate, exserted, glutinous, connivent into a subcylindric cone, adherent to middle of pistil head, cells with an empty tail; disc 5-lobed or 5-scaled. Ovaries 2; ovules numerous in each carpel. Style filiform; pistil head thickened, apex entire or 2-cleft. Follicles 2, terete, parallel or divergent. Seeds linear or oblong, apex crowned with coma; endosperm scanty; cotyledons very narrowl y oblong, flat, radicle superior.
About 50 species: SE Asia, Pacific Islands; two species in China.[1]
Taxonomy
The Genus Parsonsia is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 184 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Parsonsia: P. aequipetala · P. albiflora · P. alboflavescens · P. alboflavescens var. penangiana · P. apoensis · P. appendiculata · P. arnottiana · P. aurantiaca · P. baillonis · P. balsamona · P. bartlensis · P. bilimekii · P. blakeana · P. blepharophylla · P. boisseiriana · P. boissieriana · P. brachiata · P. brachycarpa · P. bracteata · P. bracteolosa · P. brassii · P. brisbanensis · P. brownii (Twining Silk-Pod) · P. bustamanta · P. caeciliae · P. calophylla · P. capsularis · P. carnea · P. chapmani · P. chapmanii · P. chiapensis · P. ciliata · P. confusa · P. corymbosa · P. crebriflora · P. cristata · P. curvisepala · P. cyanea · P. dallmannensis · P. densiflora · P. densivestita · P. deplanchei · P. diaphanophleba · P. diaphanophlebia · P. dispersa · P. dorrigoensis · P. edulis · P. effusa · P. empetrifolia · P. epilobiifolia · P. eucalyptophylla · P. ferruginea · P. flavescens · P. flexuosa · P. floribunda · P. francii · P. fulva · P. gaumeri · P. glaucescens · P. glutinosa · P. goldmanii · P. goniostemon · P. graciliflora · P. grandiflora · P. grayana · P. grisebachiana · P. helicandra · P. herbacea (Plants) · P. heteropetala · P. heterophylla · P. hookeriana · P. howeana · P. howii · P. hyssopifola · P. hyssopifolia (Mexican-Heather) · P. ignea · P. induplicata · P. intermedia · P. ixodes · P. javanica · P. jorullensis · P. kimberleyensis · P. kroombitensis · P. kunstleri · P. laevigata · P. lanceolata · P. lanceolata var. angustifolia · P. langiana · P. larcomensis · P. largiflorens · P. lata · P. latifolia · P. laxiflora · P. leichhardtii · P. lenticellata · P. lepotocarpa · P. liebmannii · P. lilacina · P. linearis · P. llavea · P. lobophora · P. longiflora · P. longiloba · P. longipedunculata · P. longipetiolata · P. lythroides · P. macrocarpa · P. magnifolia · P. marsdenioides · P. megalophylla · P. micans · P. micrantha · P. micropetala · P. momiensis · P. neo-ebudica · P. nitidula · P. nudicostata · P. oblongifolia · P. pachycarpa · P. paddisonii · P. paniculiformis · P. P. · P. pauciflora · P. paulforsteri · P. petiolata · P. pinetorum · P. pinto · P. plaesiophylla · P. platycentra · P. populifolia · P. praeruptis · P. procumbens · P. prostrata · P. pseudosilene · P. purpurascens · P. purpureocalycis · P. quinquebullata · P. racemosa · P. radicans · P. reticulata · P. retroscabra · P. rheedii · P. rigida · P. rosea · P. roseana · P. rotata · P. salicifolia · P. salvadorensis · P. sanguinea · P. sanguinea var. albiflora · P. sanguinea var. cruttwellii · P. sankowskyana · P. satureioides · P. saturejoides · P. schumannii · P. smithii · P. spicata · P. spiralis · P. squamuligera · P. stenocarpa · P. straminea (Monkey Rope) · P. straminea var. glabrata · P. straminea var. straminea · P. subalpina · P. subuligera · P. sundensis · P. swartziana · P. taomensis · P. tenuis · P. terminaliifolia · P. urdanetensis · P. utriculosa · P. variabilis · P. velutina · P. ventricosa · P. vieillardi · P. virgata · P. watsoniana · P. watsonii · P. watsonsiana · P. whitei · P. wildensis · P. wongabelensis · P. wrightii
Footnotes
- "Parsonsia". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 172. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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