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Parsonsia
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Parsonsia is a genus of woody vines in the family Apocynaceae. Species occur throughout Indomalaya, Australasia and Melanesia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyApocynaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
339
With media
307
Family
Apocynaceae
Collections
NY, IBUNAM, A, BPBM, MO, GH
Recorded in
Fiji, Mexico, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, New Caledonia, Philippines

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • Cultivation
  • References

Parsonsia is a genus of woody vines in the family Apocynaceae. Species occur throughout Indomalaya, Australasia and Melanesia.

==Description== The leaves are opposite, the shape and size of juvenile leaves often bearing little resemblance to the adult leaves. The latex may be clear and colourless, pale yellow or milky white. 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.

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