Parsana


Parsana is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae. It just contains one species, Parsana malekiana Parsa & Maleki
It is native to Iran.
The genus name of Parsana is in honour of Ahmad Parsa, an Iranian botanist and co-author of the genus. The Latin specific epithet of malekiana refers to Zeynol-Abedin Maleki, the other co-author of the plant genus and species.
Both the genus and the species were first described and published in A.Parsa, Fl. Iran, Suppl. Gen. on page 548 in 1952.