Parabaena

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

Parabaena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. Its native range includes the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, the Nicobar Islands, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.

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.

Species

Accepted species in the genus include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Parabaena Miers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Parabaena Miers". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
  3. ↑ Van Der Burgh, J. (September 1978). "The pliocene flora of Fortuna-Garsdorf I. fruits and seeds of angiosperms". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 26 (1–4): 173–211. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(78)90011-8.