†family Rapateaceae Dumortier 1829
Angiospermae - Poales - Rapateaceae
Parent taxon: Poales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Bromeliaceae, Clementsiella, Cyperaceae, Ecdeiocoleaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Flagellariaceae, Joinvilleaceae, Juncaceae, Mayacaceae, Poaceae, Restionaceae, Thurniaceae, Triticoides, Typhaceae, Vallisnerites, Xyridaceae, Yorkia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rapateaceae in the database