''Parashorea'' is a genus of

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in family

Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India ...

. The name ''Parashorea'' is derived from

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(''para'' = similar to) and refers to the genus similarity to ''

Shorea Fruit of a ''Shorea'' species ''Shorea'' is a genus of about 47 species of mainly rainforest trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The timber of trees of the genus is sold under the common names lauan, luan, lawaan, meranti, seraya, balau, bang ...

''. It contains about 14 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

14 species are accepted. * '' Parashorea aptera'' Slooten * '' Parashorea buchananii'' (C.E.C.Fisch.) Symington * ''

Parashorea chinensis ''Parashorea chinensis'' is a large species of tree (40-60 m tall) in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to southern China (Yunnan and Guangxi provinces) and in northern Laos and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species i ...

'' Wang Hsie * '' Parashorea densiflora'' Slooten & Symington * '' Parashorea dussaudii'' Tardieu * '' Parashorea globosa'' Symington * '' Parashorea lucida'' ( Miq.)

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Parashorea macrophylla ''Parashorea macrophylla'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The name ''macrophylla'' is derived from Greek (''makros'' = big and ''phullon'' = leaf) and refers to the species extremely large leaves (30-50 x 16–24 cm). ...

'' Wyatt-Sm. ''ex'' P.S.Ashton * ''

Parashorea malaanonan ''Parashorea malaanonan'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. it is found in the Philippines and the northeast coast of Sabah in Borneo. The name ''malaanonan'' is derived from Tagalog (''mala'' = false and ''anonang'' = custar ...

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* '' Parashorea parvifolia'' Wyatt-Sm. ''ex'' P.S.Ashton * '' Parashorea smythiesii'' Wyatt-Sm. ''ex'' P.S.Ashton * ''

Parashorea stellata ''Parashorea stellata'' (also called white seraya) is a species of tree in the family ''Dipterocarpaceae''. It grows naturally in Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destructio ...

* '' Parashorea tomentella'' (Symington) Meijer * ''

Parashorea warburgii ''Parashorea'' is a genus of plant in family Dipterocarpaceae. The name ''Parashorea'' is derived from Greek language, Greek (''para'' = similar to) and refers to the genus similarity to ''Shorea''. It contains about 14 species distributed from ...

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References

Dipterocarpaceae genera Flora of the Indomalayan realm Taxa described in 1870 Taxa named by Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub

Species

See also

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