Parishia | |
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Parishia insignis | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Anacardiaceae |
Subfamily: | Anacardioideae |
Genus: |
Parishia Hook.f. |
Parishia [1] is an Asian plant genus in the family Anacardiaceae, subfamily Anacardioideae. [1] It is found in Indo-China and Malesia; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. [1] It was named in 1860, by Joseph Dalton Hooker, in honour of the botanist and plant collector Charles Samuel Pollock Parish. [2] [3]
The type species is P. insignis, the first specimens of which were collected by Parish in the Andaman Islands. [3]
The Catalogue of Life lists: [1]