Rapatea

Rapatea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Rapatea
Aubl.
Type species
Rapatea paludosa
Aubl.
Synonyms[1]

Mnasium Schreb.

Rapatea is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1845.[2][3][4]

The genus is native to Panama, Trinidad, and northern South America.[1]

species[1]
  1. Rapatea angustifolia - Venezuelan Amazonas
  2. Rapatea aracamuniana - Cerro Aracamuni
  3. Rapatea chimantensis - Bolivar
  4. Rapatea circasiana - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil
  5. Rapatea elongata - Colombia, Mato Grosso
  6. Rapatea fanshawei - Bolivar, Guyana
  7. Rapatea linearis - SE Colombia, Guyana
  8. Rapatea longipes - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil
  9. Rapatea membranacea - Brazil, Guyana
  10. Rapatea muaju - Colombia, Ecuador
  11. Rapatea paludosa - Panama, Trinidad, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
  12. Rapatea pycnocephala - Brazil
  13. Rapatea rugulosa - Brazilian Amazonas
  14. Rapatea saulensis - French Guiana
  15. Rapatea scabra - Cerro Sipapo in Venezuelan Amazonas
  16. Rapatea spectabilis - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  17. Rapatea spruceana - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil
  18. Rapatea steyermarkii - Bolivar, Guyana
  19. Rapatea ulei - Brazilian Amazonas, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru (Loreto, San Martín)
  20. Rapatea undulata - Brazilian Amazonas, SE Colombia
  21. Rapatea xiphoides - Guyana
  22. Rapatea yapacana - Venezuelan Amazonas

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise vol 1, pages 305-307 in Latin
  3. ↑ Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise vol 3, plate 118 line drawing as illustration
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Rapatea R.H.Schomb.
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