''Marahuacaea'' is a group of plants in the family
Rapateaceae
The Rapateaceae are a family of flowering plants. The botanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists.
The APG II system of 2003 also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots. T ...
described as a genus in 1984.
[Maguire, Bassett. 1984. Acta Botanica Venezuelica 14(3): 16]
The only known species is ''Marahuacaea schomburgkii'', native to the
Cerro Marahuaca in the
State of Amazonas in Venezuela).
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.]
References
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Monotypic Poales genera
Rapateaceae
Flora of Venezuela