{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Moraes, M. |author2=Verdi, M. |author3=Martinelli, G. |author4=da Rosa, P. |author5=Quinet, A. |year=2021 |title=''Paraia bracteata'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T191140579A191140581 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T191140579A191140581.pt |language=pt |access-date=9 May 2026}}</ref> | genus = Paraia | parent_authority = Rohwer, H.G.Richt. & {{ill|Henk van der Werff|nl|lt=van der Werff}} | species = bracteata | authority = Rohwer, H.G. Richt. & van der Werff }} '''''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.<ref name = Trop>{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40037304 |title= Tropicos.org|accessdate=5 August 2010 |publisher = Missouri Botanical Garden}}</ref>
The genus was described in 1991.<ref name=Rohwer>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 [https://www.jstor.org/pss/2399568 preview]</ref> ''Paraia'' is a hardwood evergreen tree that usually grows to 8 m tall; one individual has been recorded as 20 m.<ref name=Rohwer/> 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.<ref name=Rohwer/>
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Category:Lauraceae Category:Lauraceae genera Category:Monotypic Laurales genera Category:Flora of North Brazil Category:Endemic flora of Brazil Category:Least concern flora of South America
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