Parabaena
| Parabaena | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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.[1][2] 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.[1]
Fossil record
[edit]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.[3]
Species
[edit]Accepted species in the genus include:[1]
- Parabaena denudata Diels
- Parabaena echinocarpa Diels
- Parabaena elmeri Diels
- Parabaena megalocarpa Merr.
- Parabaena sagittata Miers ex Hook.f. & Thomson
- Parabaena tuberculata Becc.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Parabaena Miers". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Parabaena Miers". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ 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.
Categories:
- Menispermaceae
- Menispermaceae genera
- Flora of the Andaman Islands
- Flora of Assam (region)
- Flora of Bangladesh
- Flora of Borneo
- Flora of China
- Flora of East Himalaya
- Flora of India
- Flora of Laos
- Flora of Myanmar
- Flora of Nepal
- Flora of New Guinea
- Flora of the Nicobar Islands
- Flora of the Philippines
- Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago)
- Flora of Thailand
- Flora of Tibet
- Flora of Vietnam
- Taxa named by John Miers (botanist)