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Paraia

Summary

Paraia is a genus of plant in family Lauraceae. It is a Neotropical genus with just one species, Paraia bracteata, native to the south-east of Brazil.[1]

Paraia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: ParaiaRohwer, H.G.Richt. & van der Werff [nl]
Species:
P. bracteata
Binomial name
Paraia bracteata
Rohwer, H.G. Richt. & van der Werff

The genus was described in 1991.[2] Paraia is a hardwood evergreen tree that usually grows to 8 m tall; one individual has been recorded as 20 m.[2] It occurs in an extensive area in the Brazilian states of Pará and Amazonas, in the drainage area of the Amazon Basin to the Atlantic rainforest of southern Brazil at the Trombetas River. The fruit is a berry.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tropicos.org". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Jens G. Rohwer, Hans Georg Richter and Henk van der Werff Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 78, No. 2 (1991), pp. 388-400 preview