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Parabaena

Parabaena is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.

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Parabaena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Parabaena
Miers

Parabaena is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.1

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.
References

References

  1. "Parabaena Miers | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology Volume 26, Issues 1–4, September 1978, Pages 173-211, The pliocene flora of Fortuna-Garsdorf I. fruits and seeds of angiosperms by J. Van Der Burgh https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-666 7(78)90011-8