Schisandra parapropinqua is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae. The species is native to China, and was described in 2009.
S. parapropinqua is a climbing plant with papery to subleathery leaves, pink to greenish-yellow tepals, and pale brown seeds.
Taxonomy Schisandra parapropinqua was described by Zhi Rong Yang and Qi Lin in 2009. The type material was collected from Anlong County, Guizhou, China, at an elevation of , in 2005.
Specimens of Schisandra parapropinqua were formerly confused with Schisandra propinqua.
Distribution Schisandra parapropinqua is native to the subtropical biome of Guizhou and Yunnan, south-west China. It grows in thickets and forests, on limestone hills, at elevations of .
Description Schisandra parapropinqua is a climbing plant with smooth woody vines. It can be monoecious or dioecious.
The leaves are papery to subleathery, long and wider in the middle, long, and wide. The leaf stems are long, and in diameter.
The flowers are in clusters of two to three, or three to five on inflorescences. The flowers have five to fourteen pink or yellowish-green tepals. The outermost tepals are long, wide, and elliptical to ovate. The innermost tepals are long, and wide. The male flowers have nine to thirteen fused stamens. The female flowers have thirty to thirty-nine carpels. The flower stems are long.
The seeds are pale brown, flat and kidney-shaped, long, wide, and thick. The seed case is smooth.
The plant flowers from May to July, and fruits from late July to September.
Schisandra parapropinqua is similar to Schisandra plena and Schisandra propinqua, though it has smaller leaves and differently coloured stamens than the other species.
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