Rhopalephora

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Rhopalephora scaberrima 245091419.jpg

| image_caption = Rhopalephora scaberrima

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Rhopalephora

| authority = Hassk.

| type_species = Rhopalephora micrantha

| type_species_authority = (Vahl) Faden

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = * Piletocarpus Hassk.

}}

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.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=259419 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=128436 Flora 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