Parrotia

Parrotia
Parrotia persica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Hamamelidaceae
Tribe:	Fothergilleae
Genus:	Parrotia C.A.Mey.
species [1]
Parrotia persica (DC.) C.A.Mey. Parrotia subaequalis (Hung T.Chang) R.M.Hao & H.T.Wei
Synonyms [1]
ShaniodendronM.B.Deng, H.T.Wei & X.Q.Wang

Parrotia is a genus of flowering plants in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae. It includes two species native to Asia. ^[1]

• Parrotia persica (DC.) C.A.Mey. – Iran and Transcaucasus
• Parrotia subaequalis (Hung T.Chang) R.M.Hao & H.T.Wei – southeastern China

Fossil record

Among the middle Miocene Sarmatian palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria, researchers have recognized Parrotia fossil pollen. The sediment containing it had accumulated in a lowland wetland environment with various vegetation units of mixed evergreen/deciduous broadleaved/conifer forests surrounding the wetland basin. Key relatives of the fossil taxa found with Parrotia are presently confined to humid warm temperate environments, suggesting a subtropical climate during the middle Miocene in Austria. ^[2]

References

1. "Parrotia C.A.Mey". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 27 October 2025.
2. Combined LM and SEM study of the middle Miocene (Sarmatian) palynoflora from the Lavanttal Basin, Austria: part III. Magnoliophyta 1 – Magnoliales to Fabales, Friðgeir Grímsson, Barbara Meller, Johannes M. Bouchal & Reinhard Zetter, Grana 2015, Vol 54, No. 2,85-128.