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. 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.