Rapatea

Genus of plants

Rapatea

Rapatea paludosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | 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 1775.[2][3][4]

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

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1. ^ a b c 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.

Taxon identifiers

Rapatea|

* Wikidata: Q9066626
* Wikispecies: Rapatea
* BOLD: 436269
* CoL: 8W2ZR
* EoL: 32049
* EPPO: 1RPTG
* GBIF: 2693312
* GRIN: 10252
* iNaturalist: 416820
* IPNI: 33287-1
* IRMNG: 1021161
* NCBI: 75426
* Open Tree of Life: 333075
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33287-1
* Tropicos: 40022636
* WFO: wfo-4000032550