| Rapatea | |
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rapatea is a genus of plants in the family Rapateaceae that was first described in 1775.
The genus is native to Panama, Trinidad, and northern South America.
- Species
- Rapatea angustifolia - Venezuela (Amazonas)
- Rapatea aracamuniana - Venezuela (Cerro Aracamuni)
- Rapatea chimantensis - Venezuela (Bolivar)
- Rapatea circasiana - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil
- Rapatea elongata - Colombia, Brazil (Mato Grosso)
- Rapatea fanshawei - Venezuela (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 - Brazil (Amazonas)
- Rapatea saulensis - French Guiana
- Rapatea scabra - Venezuela (Amazonas)
- Rapatea spectabilis - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Rapatea spruceana - SE Colombia, S Venezuela, N Brazil
- Rapatea steyermarkii - Venezuela (Bolivar), Guyana
- Rapatea ulei - Brazil (Amazonas), Guyana, French Guiana, Peru (Loreto, San Martín)
- Rapatea undulata - Brazil (Amazonas), SE Colombia
- Rapatea xiphoides - Guyana
- Rapatea yapacana - Venezuela (Amazonas)