Pakaraimaea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the rock rose family}}

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| genus = Pakaraimaea

| parent_authority = Maguire & P.S.Ashton (1977)

| species = dipterocarpacea

| authority = Maguire & P.S.Ashton (1977){{Cite POWO|title=Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea Maguire & P.S.Ashton|id=321130-1|access-date=2024-03-02|mode=cs1}}

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Pakaraimaea is a genus of trees in the family Cistaceae. The genus contains a single species, Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea, from South America.{{Cite POWO|title=Pakaraimaea Maguire & P.S.Ashton|id=14385-1|access-date=2024-03-02|mode=cs1}} It was formerly placed in subfamily Pakaraimoideae of the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species is found in the western highlands of Guyana and in adjacent Bolivar State in Venezuela.{{cite journal|author=Bassett Maguire and Peter S. Ashton|title=Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea II|journal=Taxon|volume=29|issue=2/3|year=1980|pages=225–231|doi=10.2307/1220284|jstor=1220284}} It maintains strong ectomycorrhizal associations with a wide variety of fungal species.{{Cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=Matthew E.|last2=Henkel|first2=Terry W.|last3=Uehling|first3=Jessie K.|last4=Fremier|first4=Alexander K.|last5=Clarke|first5=H. David|last6=Vilgalys|first6=Rytas|date=2013-01-31|title=The Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community in a Neotropical Forest Dominated by the Endemic Dipterocarp Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=8|issue=1|pages=e55160|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0055160|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3561384|pmid=23383090|bibcode=2013PLoSO...855160S|doi-access=free}} The trees can sometimes be seen forming large stands in the western Guyanas.