''Paracryphia'' is a genus of a single species, ''Paracryphia alticola'', a small tree or shrub endemic to New Caledonia in the family

Paracryphiaceae The Paracryphiaceae are a family of woody shrubs and trees native to Australia, southeast Asia, and New Caledonia. In the APG III system of 2009, the family is placed in its own order, Paracryphiales, in the campanulid clade of the asterids. In ...

. Its closest relative is ''

Sphenostemon ''Sphenostemon'' is the genus of small evergreen trees or shrubs native to New Guinea, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. They have opposite or spiral leaves, and at most small stipules. The small flowers, borne in terminal inflorescences ...

''.

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Asterid genera Paracryphiales Endemic flora of New Caledonia {{Asterid-stub