Parrotia
Genus of flowering plants
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Parrotia is a genus of flowering plants in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae. It includes two species native to Asia.[1]
- Parrotia persica (DC.) C.A.Mey. – Iran and Transcaucasus
- Parrotia subaequalis (Hung T.Chang) R.M.Hao & H.T.Wei – southeastern China
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| Parrotia persica | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Tribe: | Fothergilleae |
| Genus: | Parrotia C.A.Mey. |
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Shaniodendron M.B.Deng, H.T.Wei & X.Q.Wang | |
Fossil record
Among the middle Miocene Sarmatian palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria, researchers have recognized Parrotia fossil pollen. The sediment containing it had accumulated in a lowland wetland environment with various vegetation units of mixed evergreen/deciduous broadleaved/conifer forests surrounding the wetland basin. Key relatives of the fossil taxa found with Parrotia are presently confined to humid warm temperate environments, suggesting a subtropical climate during the middle Miocene in Austria.[2]