Rapatea

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1958. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part III. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-156.

• Family

  Rapateaceae

• Scientific Name

  Rapatea

• Discussion

  A genus of perhaps 20 species of wide distribution, chiefly at low elevations, in tropical South America. Taxonomic consideration of Rapatea is to be given in a forthcoming issue of the MEMOIRS.