Parsonsia alboflavescens(Dennst.) Mabb.

WFO wfo-0000264703 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Parsonsia alboflavescens, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2022-03-16 / obs. 190581433
Parsonsia alboflavescens, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190266857
Parsonsia alboflavescens, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177787969
Parsonsia alboflavescens, photographed by 黃美滿
fig. d 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126390097
Parsonsia alboflavescens, photographed by 黃美滿
fig. e 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118561444
Parsonsia alboflavescens, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110097658
Parsonsia alboflavescens, photographed by Licheng Shih
fig. g Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101698052
Parsonsia alboflavescens, photographed by Licheng Shih
fig. h Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101698267

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Parsonsia alboflavescens is native: China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Northern Territory China SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLaosMalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamNorthern Territory Nansei-shotoAndaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Parsonsia alboflavescens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 42 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aganosma concanensis Hook.
  • Aganosma laevigata (Moon) J.Graham
  • Apocynum reticulatum L.
  • Apocynum vincifolium Burm.f.
  • Chaetosus volubilis Benth.
  • Cudicia trichotoma Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don
  • Echites laevigatus Moon
  • Echites spiralis Blanco
  • Helicandra sinensis Hook. & Arn.
  • Heligme javanica (Blume) Blume
  • Heligme korthalsiana Miq.
  • Heligme minahassae Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Heligme rheedei Wight
  • Heligme spiralis (Wall. ex G.Don) Thwaites
  • Helyga javanica Blume
  • Lyonsia sumatrana Ridl.
  • Lyonsia viridiflora F.M.Bailey
  • Parsonsia acuminata Wall.
  • Parsonsia aterinervia Elmer ex Merr.
  • Parsonsia confusa Merr.
  • Parsonsia cumingiana A.DC.
  • Parsonsia helicandra Hook. & Arn.
  • Parsonsia howii Tsiang
  • Parsonsia javanica (Blume) K.Schum.

and 18 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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