Parsonsia alboflavescens facts for kids

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Parsonsia alboflavescens
from Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, vol. 4(2): t. 1303 (1846)
Conservation status
NT (TPWCA)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Parsonsia
Species:	alboflavescens
Occurrence data from GBIF
Synonyms
List Aganosma concanensis Hook. Aganosma laevigata (Moon) J.Graham Apocynum reticulatum L. Apocynum vincifolium Burm.f. Chaetosus volubilis Benth. Echites laevigatus Moon Echites spiralis Blanco Helicandra sinensis Hook. & Arn. Heligme javanica (Blume) Blume Heligme korthalsiana Miq. Heligme minahassae Teijsm. & Binn. Heligme rheedei Wight Heligme spiralis (Wall. ex G.Don) Thwaites Helyga javanica Blume Helygia javanica (Blume) Blume Lyonsia sumatrana Ridl. Lyonsia viridiflora F.M.Bailey Parsonsia acuminata Wall. Parsonsia confusa Merr. Parsonsia cumingiana A.DC. Parsonsia helicandra Hook. & Arn. Parsonsia howii Tsiang Parsonsia javanica (Blume) K.Schum. Parsonsia korthalsiana (Miq.) Boerl. Parsonsia kunstleri King & Gamble Parsonsia laevigata (Moon) Alston Parsonsia longipedunculata Merr. Parsonsia magnifolia Elmer Parsonsia minahassae (Teijsm. & Binn.) Koord. Parsonsia momiensis Kaneh. & Hatus. Parsonsia oblancifolia Merr. Parsonsia oblonga Wall. ex G.Don Parsonsia oblongifolia Merr. Parsonsia panniculata Pichon Parsonsia pauciflora Wall. Parsonsia rheedei Fern.-Vill. Parsonsia spiralis Wall. ex G.Don Parsonsia spiralis Vidal Periploca alboflavescens Dennst. Spirostemon spiralis Griff.

Parsonsia alboflavescens is a woody vine of the family Apocynaceae, found from tropical and subtropical Asia to Northern Australia. In the Northern Territory of Australia, where it occurs in Arnhem Land, it has been declared "near threatened".

Taxonomy

Parsonsia alboflavescens was first described in 1818, by Dennstedt, as Periploca alboflavescens. It was described many times. The current name is that given by Mabberley in 1977, who, working through the many names, found that Dennstedt's publication preceded all others, which meant that this Parsonsia took the species epithet, alboflavescens.

Type illustrations

(See Middleton.)

• Rheede tot Drakestein, H.A. van, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, vol. 9: t. 9 & 10 (1689)
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Etymology

Robert Brown gave the generic name,Parsonsia, to honour James Parsons (1705–1770). The species epithet, alboflavescens, is derived from the Latin: albus (white). flavescens (turning yellow, becoming yellow) and refers to the flower.