Rapatea

Rapatea is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1775.^[2][3][4]

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.

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