Rapateaceae
Rapateaceae | |
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Stegolepis guianensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Rapateaceae Dumort.[1] |
Global species richness of Rapateaceae |
The Rapateaceae are a family of flowering plants. The botanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists.
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
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The
Magnoliophyta
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Genera
- Amphiphyllum Gleason
- Cephalostemon R.H.Schomb.
- Duckea Maguire
- Epidryos Maguire
- GuacamayaMaguire
- Kunhardtia Maguire
- Marahuacaea Maguire
- Maschalocephalus Gilg & K.Schum.
- Monotrema Korn.
- Phelpsiella Maguire
- Potarophytum Sandwith
- Rapatea Aubl.
- Saxo-fridericia R.H. Schomb.
- Schoenocephalium Seub.
- Spathanthus Desv.
- Stegolepis Klotzsch ex Korn.
- Windsorina Gleason
References
- doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Archived from the originalon 25 May 2017.
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