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Parsonsia R.Br.

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Parsonsia R.Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 53 (1810)
Parsonsia R.Br.
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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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R.Br.
R.Br.
Brown, R. 1810: On the Asclepiadeae, a natural order of plants separated from the Apocyneae of Jussieu. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. Edinburgh 1: 12–78.
1810
53
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Parsonsia R.Br.
genus
Parsonsia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Parsonsia

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Parsonsia R.Br.

Fls small, in ± corymbose cymes, 5-merous; calyx us. with 5 glandular scales within; corolla-tube subcylindric, lobes spreading; stamens inserted at or near middle of tube, filaments sts twisted; anthers connivent or coherent around stigma, cells produced below. Ovary 2-loculed, style slender, ovules ∞.Fr. of 2 coherent, finally separating follicles. Seeds with tuft of hairs (coma) at apex. Mostly softly woody stemtwining lianes. Type sp. Some 40 spp. of tropical Asia, Malaya, Pacific Is, Australia, N.Z. The N.Z. spp. endemic.

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Parsonsia R.Br.
Parsonsia R.Br.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Parsonsia R.Br.
Parsonsia R.Br.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Apocynaceae
Parsonsia R.Br.
Parsonsia
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Parsonsia R.Br.
Apocynaceae

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Parsonsia R.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Parsonsia R.Br.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Parsonsia R.Br.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Parsonsia R.Br.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Parsonsia R.Br.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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c4ba0818-c86c-4bb7-809f-d68e90cbafd9
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 May 2012
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