Rapateaceae

E746060

Rapateaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Poales, primarily consisting of herbaceous species native to tropical South America and parts of West Africa, often found in wet, nutrient-poor habitats.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rapateaceae canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
centerOfDiversity Guiana Highlands ⓘ
clade Angiosperms ⓘ
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Monocots ⓘ
linked to: Liliopsida
commonName rapateas ⓘ
containsGenus Amphiphyllum ⓘ
Cephalostemon ⓘ
Guacamaya ⓘ
Kunhardtia ⓘ
Masoala ⓘ
Monotrema ⓘ
Potarophytum ⓘ
Rapatea ⓘ
Saxofridericia ⓘ
Schoenocephalium ⓘ
Spartochloa ⓘ
Stegolepis ⓘ
describedAs small family of flowering plants ⓘ
distributionRegion Amazon Basin ⓘ
Guiana Shield ⓘ
ecologicalRole specialists of oligotrophic habitats ⓘ
firstDescribedBy Robert Hermann Schomburgk ⓘ
firstDescriptionYear 1845 ⓘ
flowerSymmetry radial symmetry ⓘ
flowerType bisexual flowers ⓘ
fruitType capsule ⓘ
habitat nutrient-poor habitats ⓘ
savannas ⓘ
stream margins ⓘ
swamps ⓘ
wet habitats ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfGenera 16 ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpecies 100 ⓘ
inflorescencePosition terminal inflorescences ⓘ
inflorescenceType head-like inflorescences ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement basal rosettes ⓘ
leafType simple leaves ⓘ
nativeTo West Africa ⓘ
tropical South America ⓘ
notableMorphology conspicuous bracts in inflorescences ⓘ
tufted habit ⓘ
order Poales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
pollination insect-pollinated ⓘ
recognizedBy APG IV system ⓘ
seedDispersal water-dispersed seeds ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typicalGrowthForm herbaceous ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poales → contains → Rapateaceae ⓘ
Commelinidae → includes → Rapateaceae ⓘ