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]
Parishia is an Asian plant genus in the family Anacardiaceae, subfamily Anacardioideae. It is found in Indo-China and Malesia; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. It was named in 1860, by Joseph Dalton Hooker, in honour of the botanist and plant collector Charles Samuel Pollock Parish.
The type species is P. insignis, the first specimens of which were collected by Parish in the Andaman Islands.
