''Parabaena'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s belonging to the family

Menispermaceae Menispermaceae (botanical Latin: 'moonseed family' from Greek ''mene'' 'crescent moon' and ''sperma'' 'seed') is a family of flowering plants. The alkaloid tubocurarine, a neuromuscular blocker and the active ingredient in the 'tube curare' form ...

. Its native range is Tropical and Subtropical Asia.

Fossil record

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58brown coal Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...

pit of Fortuna-Garsdorf near

Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia Bergheim ( Ripuarian: ''Berchem'') is a German town, some twenty km west of Cologne and the capital of the Rhein-Erft-Kreis (district). The town's Niederaußem district is one of the most important suppliers for energy from lignites in Europe. ...

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.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

Species

Species: *'' Parabaena denudata'' *'' Parabaena echinocarpa'' *'' Parabaena elmeri'' *'' Parabaena megalocarpa'' *'' Parabaena sagittata'' *'' Parabaena tuberculata''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9055275 Menispermaceae Menispermaceae genera Taxa named by John Miers (botanist)