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Parsonsia alboflavescens is a woody vine of the family Apocynaceae,[2][4] found from tropical and subtropical Asia to Northern Australia.[4] In the Northern Territory of Australia, where it occurs in Arnhem Land, it has been declared "near threatened".[1]
Parsonsia alboflavescens | |
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from Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, vol. 4(2): t. 1303 (1846) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Parsonsia |
Species: | P. alboflavescens |
Binomial name | |
Parsonsia alboflavescens | |
Occurrence data from GBIF | |
Synonyms[4] | |
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Parsonsia alboflavescens was first described in 1818, by Dennstedt, as Periploca alboflavescens.[5][6] It was described many times.[4] The current name is that given by Mabberley in 1977,[2] who, working through the many names, found that Dennstedt's publication preceded all others, which meant that this Parsonsia took the species epithet, alboflavescens.[3]
(See Middleton.)[7]
Robert Brown gave the generic name, Parsonsia, to honour James Parsons (1705–1770).[8][9] The species epithet, alboflavescens, is derived from the Latin albus (white). flavescens (turning yellow, becoming yellow) and refers to the flower.[10]
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