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:
Parabaena denudata Parabaena echinocarpa Parabaena elmeri Parabaena megalocarpa Parabaena sagittata Parabaena tuberculata
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