Parishia
Genus of flowering plants
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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]
| Parishia | |
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| Parishia insignis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Anacardioideae |
| Genus: | Parishia Hook.f. |
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