Rapatea Explained

Rapatea is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1775.[1] [2] [3]

The genus is native to Panama, Trinidad, and northern South America.[4]

Species[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13825#page/339/mode/1up Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise vol 1, pages 305-307
  2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13827#page/120/mode/1up Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise vol 3, plate 118
  3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004106 Tropicos, Rapatea R.H.Schomb.
  4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=40022636 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families