Rapateaceae

Rapateaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family 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 consists of probably less than a hundred species, 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.
Saxofridericia R.H.Schomb.
Schoenocephalium Seub.
Spathanthus Desv.
Stegolepis Klotzsch ex Korn.
Windsorina Gleason

Translation

The word "Rapateaceae" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål), Portuguese, Serbian, Finnish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Korean: 라파테아과, Russian: Рапатеевые, Chinese: 偏穗草科.