Rapatea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Rapateaceae
Genus: Rapatea
Species: R. circasiana
Name

Rapatea Aubl.
References

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rapatea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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]

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

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.