| Pakaraimaea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Cistaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pakaraimoideae |
| Genus: | Pakaraimaea |
| Species: | P. dipterocarpacea |
| Binomial name | |
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Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea Maguire & P.S.Ashton |
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Pakaraimaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae in the American subfamily Pakaraimoideae.
The genus contains a single species, Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea, from South America. The species is found in the western highlands of Guyana and in adjacent Bolivar State in Venezuela. It was formerly placed in Dipterocarpaceae.