Parabaena
Genus of plants
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Parabaena is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.[1]
| Parabaena | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Parabaena Miers |
Its native range is Tropical and Subtropical Asia.[1]
Fossil record
Pliocene seed and fruit fossils of †Parabaena rhenana are described from sand-filled river-channels in the brown coal pit of Fortuna-Garsdorf near Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.[2]
Species
Species:[1]
- Parabaena denudata Diels
- Parabaena echinocarpa Diels
- Parabaena elmeri Diels
- Parabaena megalocarpa Merr.
- Parabaena sagittata Miers ex Hook.f. & Thomson
- Parabaena tuberculata Becc.