Parabaena

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

Its native range is Tropical and Subtropical Asia.

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

Species:

• Parabaena denudata
• Parabaena echinocarpa
• Parabaena elmeri
• Parabaena megalocarpa
• Parabaena sagittata
• Parabaena tuberculata

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