Rhopalephora is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1864. It is native to Asia, Madagascar, and a few islands in the Pacific.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of China Vol. 24 Page 35 钩毛子草属 gou mao zi cao shu Rhopalephora Hasskarl, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin). 22: 58. 1864.
Species Rhopalephora micrantha (Vahl) Faden - Java Rhopalephora rugosa (H.Perrier) Faden - Madagascar Rhopalephora scaberrima (Blume) Faden - China (including Taiwan + Tibet), Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Java, Philippines Rhopalephora vitiensis (Seem.) Faden - Maluku, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga
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