Parashorea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Dipterocarpaceae
Subfamilia: Dipterocarpoideae
Genus: Parashorea
Species: P. aptera – P. buchananii – P. densiflora – P. dussaudii – P. globosa – P. lucida – P. macrophylla – P. malaanonan – P. parvifolia – P. smythiesii – P. stellata – P. warburgii
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2020. Parashorea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 17. Reference page.

Name

Parashorea Kurz, 1870.

Type not designated.

References
Primary references

Kurz, W.S., 1870. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 39(2): 65.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Parashorea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 17. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Parashorea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Parashorea. Published online. Accessed: Mar 17 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Parashorea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Parashorea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
中文: 柳安属

Parashorea is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae. The name Parashorea is derived from Greek (para = similar to) and refers to the genus similarity to Shorea. It contains about 15 species distributed from South Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China and the southernmost parts of China to Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.

Parashorea trees have hard wood, can reach heights exceeding 70 metres, and have limbs reaching outward over ten metres. White seraya is a common name for several Parashorea species used in the timber trade.
Species

Species include:

Parashorea aptera Sloot
Parashorea buchananii (C.E.C.Fisch.) Symington
Parashorea chinensis Wang Hsie
Parashorea densiflora Slooten & Sym.
Parashorea dussaudii Tardieu
Parashorea globosa Sym.
Parashorea laotica Tardieu
Parashorea lucida (Miq.) Kurz
Parashorea macrophylla Wyatt-Sm. ex P.S.Ashton
Parashorea malaanonan (Blanco) Merr.
Parashorea parvifolia Wyatt-Sm. ex P.S.Ashton
Parashorea stellata Kurz
Parashorea smythiesii Wyatt-Sm. ex P.S.Ashton
Parashorea tomentella (Symington) Meijer
Parashorea warburgii Brandis