Rapatea is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1775.[2][3][4]
| Rapatea | |
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| Rapatea paludosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Rapateaceae |
| Genus: | Rapatea Aubl. |
| Type species | |
| Rapatea paludosa | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus is native to Panama, Trinidad, and northern South America.[1]
- Species[1]
- Rapatea angustifolia - Venezuelan Amazonas
- Rapatea aracamuniana - Cerro Aracamuni
- Rapatea chimantensis - Bolivar
- Rapatea circasiana - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil
- Rapatea elongata - Colombia, Mato Grosso
- Rapatea fanshawei - Bolivar, Guyana
- Rapatea linearis - SE Colombia, Guyana
- Rapatea longipes - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil
- Rapatea membranacea - Brazil, Guyana
- Rapatea muaju - Colombia, Ecuador
- Rapatea paludosa - Panama, Trinidad, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
- Rapatea pycnocephala - Brazil
- Rapatea rugulosa - Brazilian Amazonas
- Rapatea saulensis - French Guiana
- Rapatea scabra - Cerro Sipapo in Venezuelan Amazonas
- Rapatea spectabilis - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Rapatea spruceana - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil
- Rapatea steyermarkii - Bolivar, Guyana
- Rapatea ulei - Brazilian Amazonas, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru (Loreto, San Martín)
- Rapatea undulata - Brazilian Amazonas, SE Colombia
- Rapatea xiphoides - Guyana
- Rapatea yapacana - Venezuelan Amazonas
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise vol 1, pages 305-307 in Latin
- ^ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise vol 3, plate 118 line drawing as illustration
- ^ Tropicos, Rapatea R.H.Schomb.