The Rapateaceae are a family of flowering plants. The botanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists.
| Rapateaceae | |
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| Stegolepis guianensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Rapateaceae Dumort.[1] |
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| Global species richness of Rapateaceae | |
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
edit- 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.
- Spathanthus Desv.
- Stegolepis Klotzsch ex Korn.
- Windsorina Gleason
References
edit- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017.
- ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3). Magnolia Press: 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
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