Parsonsia

For the genus in the botanical family Lythraceae, see Cuphea.

Parsonsia
Parsonsia heterophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Echiteae
Genus: Parsonsia
R.Br.
Species

See text

Occurrence data for Parsonsia (GBIF)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chaetosus Benth.
  • Delphyodon K.Schum.
  • Gastranthus F.Muell.
  • Grisseea Bakh.f.
  • Helicandra Hook. & Arn.
  • Heligme Blume
  • Helyga Blume
  • Helygia Blume
  • Heylygia G.Don
  • Lyonsia R.Br.
  • Spirostemon Griff.

Parsonsia is a genus of woody vines in the family Apocynaceae. Species occur throughout Indomalaya, Australasia and Melanesia.[1]

Description

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]

Taxonomy

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]

Parsonsia is closely related to Artia and Prestonia.[6][7]

Species

Parsonsia brownii
Parsonsia brownii

Accepted species[1]

  1. Parsonsia affinis Baill. – New Caledonia
  2. Parsonsia alboflavescens (Dennst.) Mabb. – China, Taiwan, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Australia.[3][8][9]
  3. Parsonsia apiculata D.J.Middleton
  4. Parsonsia aneityensis Guillaumin – Vanuatu
  5. Parsonsia apiculata (Bakh.f.) D.J.Middleton – Java, Bali
  6. Parsonsia appressa D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea[9]
  7. Parsonsia bartlensis J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
  8. Parsonsia blakeana J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
  9. Parsonsia brachiata Baillon ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
  10. Parsonsia brisbanensis J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
  11. Parsonsia brownii (Britten) Pichon – SE Australia[3]
  12. Parsonsia buruensis (Teijsm. & Binn.) Boerl. – Maluku, Papua New Guinea[9]
  13. Parsonsia capsularis (Forster f.) R. Br. – New Zealand[11]
  14. Parsonsia catalpicarpa – New Caledonia[10]
  15. Parsonsia celebica (Oliv.) Sleesen – W Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi
  16. Parsonsia constricta D.J.Middleton – W New Guinea
  17. Parsonsia crebriflora Baill. – New Caledonia[10]
  18. Parsonsia curvisepala K. Schum. – Perak, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines[9][12]
  19. Parsonsia densiflora D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea [9]
  20. Parsonsia densivestita C.T.White – Queensland[3]
  21. Parsonsia diaphanophleba F.Muell. – Western Australia [3]
  22. Parsonsia dorrigoensis J.B.Williams – New South Wales[3]
  23. Parsonsia edulis (G. Benn.) Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
  24. Parsonsia effusa S. Moore – New Caledonia[10]
  25. Parsonsia eucalyptophylla F.Muell. – E Australia[3]
  26. Parsonsia ferruginea J.B.Williams – Queensland [3]
  27. Parsonsia flavescens Merr. & L.M. Perry – New Guinea [9][13]
  28. Parsonsia flexilis Baill. – New Caledonia[10]
  29. Parsonsia flexuosa Baill. – New Caledonia[10]
  30. Parsonsia franchetii Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands[10]
  31. Parsonsia fulva S.T.Blake – Queensland, NSW[3]
  32. Parsonsia goniostemon Hand.-Mazz. – Guangxi[8]
  33. Parsonsia grandiflora D.J.Middleton[3] – Bacan I in Maluku[14]
  34. Parsonsia grayana J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
  35. Parsonsia hebetica Markgr. – Papua New Guinea [9]
  36. Parsonsia × heterocapsa Allan – New Zealand
  37. Parsonsia heterophylla A. Cunn. – New Zealand[11]
  38. Parsonsia howeana J.B.Williams – Lord Howe Island[3]
  39. Parsonsia inae Guillaumin – Vanuatu
  40. Parsonsia induplicata F.Muell. – Queensland, NSW[3]
  41. Parsonsia kimberleyensis J.B.Williams – Western Australia[3]
  42. Parsonsia kroombitensis J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
  43. Parsonsia laevis – Fiji, Vanuatu[13][15]
  44. Parsonsia lanceolata R.Br. – Queensland, NSW[3]
  45. Parsonsia langiana F.Muell. – Queensland[3]
  46. Parsonsia larcomensis J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
  47. Parsonsia largiflorens (F.Muell. ex Benth.) S.T.Blake – Queensland, NSW[3]
  48. Parsonsia lata Markgr.- Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is [16][9]
  49. Parsonsia latifolia (Benth.) S.T.Blake – Queensland[3]
  50. Parsonsia laxiflora Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
  51. Parsonsia leichhardtii F.Muell. – Queensland[3]
  52. Parsonsia lenticellata C.T.White – Queensland[3]
  53. Parsonsia lilacina F.Muell. – Queensland, NSW
  54. Parsonsia longiflora Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
  55. Parsonsia longiloba D.J.Middleton – New Ireland
  56. Parsonsia longipetiolata J.B.Williams – Queensland, NSW[3]
  57. Parsonsia macrophylla Pichon ex Guillaumin. – New Caledonia[10]
  58. Parsonsia marginata Markgr. – New Guinea
  59. Parsonsia novoguinensis D.J.Middleton – New Guinea [9]
  60. Parsonsia oligantha (K.Schum.) D.J.Middleton – New Guinea [9]
  61. Parsonsia pachycarpa Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
  62. Parsonsia paulforsteri J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
  63. Parsonsia pedunculata Markgr. – Bismarck Archipelago[9]
  64. Parsonsia penangiana King & Gamble – Penang, Thailand
  65. Parsonsia philippinensis Merr. – Philippines, Java, Borneo, W Malaysia, Thailand
  66. Parsonsia plaesiophylla S.T.Blake – Queensland[3]
  67. Parsonsia populifolia Baill. – New Caledonia[10]
  68. Parsonsia praeruptis Heads & P.J.de Lange – North I of New Zealand
  69. Parsonsia purpurascens J.B.Williams – New South Wales[3]
  70. Parsonsia rotata Maiden & Betche – Queensland, NSW[3]
  71. Parsonsia rubra Kaneh. & Hatus. J. – Maluku, New Guinea [9][13]
  72. Parsonsia sanguinea Markgr. – New Guinea[3][9][13]
  73. Parsonsia sankowskyana J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
  74. Parsonsia scabra (Labill.) Markgr. – New Caledonia[10]
  75. Parsonsia schoddei D.J.Middleton – Papua New Guinea [9]
  76. Parsonsia smithii Markgr. – Vanua Levu in Fiji
  77. Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell. – Queensland, NSW[3]
  78. Parsonsia sundensis D.J.Middleton[3] – East Timor[17]
  79. Parsonsia tenuiflora D.J.Middleton[3] – W New Guinea
  80. Parsonsia tenuis S.T.Blake – Queensland, NSW[3]
  81. Parsonsia terminaliifolia Guillaumin – New Caledonia[10]
  82. Parsonsia vaccinoides Markgr. – W New Guinea [9]
  83. Parsonsia velutina R.Br. – Timor, Maluku, Australia, New Guinea[3][9]
  84. Parsonsia ventricosa F.Muell. – Queensland, NSW[3]
  85. Parsonsia warenensis Kanehira & Hatusima – Papua New Guinea [9]
  86. Parsonsia wildensis J.B.Williams – Queensland[3]
  87. Parsonsia wongabelensis J.B.Williams- Queensland[3]
formerly included[1]
  1. Parsonsia balansae Baill. = Artia balansae (Baill.) Pichon ex Guillaumin
  2. Parsonsia barbata Blume = Parameria laevigata (Juss.) Moldenke
  3. Parsonsia brachycarpa Baill. = Artia brachycarpa (Baill.) Boiteau
  4. Parsonsia bracteata Hook. & Arn. = Mandevilla pentlandiana (DC.) Woodson
  5. Parsonsia corymbosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Steud. = Pinochia corymbosa (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
  6. Parsonsia diversifolia (Warb.) Markgr. = Lyonsia diversifolia Warb.
  7. Parsonsia floribunda (Sw.) R.Br. ex Steud. = Pinochia floribunda (Sw.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen
  8. Parsonsia francii Guillaumin = Artia francii (Guillaumin) Pichon
  9. Parsonsia galeottiana Baill. = Thenardia galeottiana Baill.
  10. Parsonsia javanica Blume 1826 not (Blume) K. Schum 1895 = Urceola javanica (Blume) Boerl.
  11. Parsonsia leptocarpa Hook. & Arn. = Forsteronia leptocarpa (Hook. & Arn.) A.DC.
  12. Parsonsia lifuana Baill. = Artia lifuana (Baill.) Pichon ex Guillaumin
  13. Parsonsia myrtifolia (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. = Landolphia myrtifolia (Poir.) Markgr.
  14. Parsonsia ovata Wall. ex G.Don = Pottsia laxiflora (Blume) Kuntze
  15. Parsonsia spicata (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Steud. = Forsteronia spicata (Jacq.) G.Mey.

Cultivation

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]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Parsonsia.
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  18. ^ Moore, Thomas; William P. Ayres (1850). Gardeners' Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, Floriculture, and Natural Science. 1. William S. Orr and Co.: 120. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)