Parishia

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]

Parishia
Parishia insignis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Subfamily:	Anacardioideae
Genus:	Parishia Hook.f.

The type species is P. insignis, the first specimens of which were collected by Parish in the Andaman Islands.^[3]

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists:^[1]

• Parishia coriacea
• Parishia dinghouiana
• Parishia insignis
• Parishia maingayi
• Parishia malabog
• Parishia paucijuga
• Parishia sericea
• Parishia trifoliolata