''Parsonsia alboflavescens'' is a woody

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of the family

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, found from tropical and subtropical Asia to Northern Australia. In the

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, where it occurs in Arnhem Land, it has been declared "

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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.) File:Parsonsia alboflavescens 123144.jpg File:Parsonsia alboflavescens 123145.jpg

Etymology

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

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Botanical illustrations of ''Parsonsia alboflavescens''.
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15372191 alboflavescens Gentianales of Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of China Flora of tropical Asia Flora of the Bismarck Archipelago Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago) Plants described in 1818 Vines Taxa named by David Mabberley