Parsonsia

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:     Angiosperms > Eudicots > Astrids > Campanulids > Gentianales  > Apocynaceae > Parsonsia 

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Plant  information

Common name:                Silkpod 

Conservation status:  unknown

Etymology:   

• Named in honour of James Parsons (1705–1770), an English physician and Fellow of the Royal Society

Flowers:                  

• The flowers are green, white, cream, yellow, orange, red, pink or brown, sometimes with contrasting markings

Fruit:                         

• Elongated pod-like capsules

• Two follicles eventually separating to reveal numerous seeds with long, silky hairs

Leaves:         

• 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

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A genus of woody vines  

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

• Species occur throughout Indomalaya, Australasia and Melanesia

Species:                     

• World:           

• Australia:     

Additional notes:     

• 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

  • Parsonsia is closely related to Artia and Prestonia

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsonsia (2023)