Rapateaceae
| Rapateaceae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Stegolepis guianensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Rapateaceae Dumort.[1] |
The Rapateaceae are a family of flowering plants. The botanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists.
The APG II system of 2003 also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots. This represents a slight change from the APG system, 1998, which left the family unplaced as to order, but placed it in the same clade (although it used the spelling "commelinoids"). The family is divided into 16 genera with a total of about 94 known species,[2] found in tropical South America and tropical west Africa.
The Cronquist system of 1981 also recognized this family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae in class Liliopsida in division Magnoliophyta.
Genera
- Amphiphyllum Gleason
- Cephalostemon R.H.Schomb.
- Duckea Maguire
- Epidryos Maguire
- Guacamaya Maguire
- Kunhardtia Maguire
- Marahuacaea Maguire
- Maschalocephalus Gilg & K.Schum.
- Monotrema Korn.
- Phelpsiella Maguire
- Potarophytum Sandwith
- Rapatea Aubl.
- Saxo-fridericia R.H. Schomb.
- Schoenocephalium Seub. - see example: Schoenocephalium teretifolium
- Spathanthus Desv.
- Stegolepis Klotzsch ex Korn.
- Windsorina Gleason
References
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ↑ Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
External links
- Rapateaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL
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