Renealmia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Zingiberaceae
Subfamilia: Alpinioideae
Tribus: Alpinieae
Genus: Renealmia
Species: R. acreana – R. africana – R. alborosea – R. alpinia – R. alticola – R. angustifolia – R. aromatica – R. asplundii – R. aurantifera – R. batangana – R. battenbergiana – R. brachythyrsa – R. bracteata – R. brasiliensis – R. breviscapa – R. cabrae – R. caucana – R. cernua – R. chalcochlora – R. chiriquina – R. choroniensis – R. chrysotricha – R. cincinnata – R. concinna – R. congesta – R. congoensis – R. congolana – R. costaricensis – R. cuatrecasasii – R. cylindrica – R. densiflora – R. densispica – R. dermatopetala – R. dewevrei – R. dolichocalyx – R. dressleri – R. engleri – R. erythrocarpa – R. ferruginea – R. floribunda – R. foliifera – R. fragilis – R. guianensis – R. heleniae – R. jamaicensis – R. krukovii – R. laxa – R. ligulata – R. longifolia – R. lucida – R. macrocolea – R. maculata – R. mannii – R. matogrossensis – R. mexicana – R. microcalyx – R. monosperma – R. nicolaioides – R. oligosperma – R. oligotricha – R. orinocensis – R. pacifica – R. pallida – R. petasites – R. pirrensis – R. pluriplicata – R. polyantha – R. polypus – R. puberula – R. purpurea – R. pycnostachys – R. pyramidalis – R. racemosa – R. reticulata – R. sancti-thomae – R. scaposa – R. sessilifolia – R. stellulata – R. stenostachys – R. striata – R. thyrsoidea – R. urbaniana – R. vallensis – R. variegata – R. wurdackii
Name

Renealmia L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 7 (1782), nom. cons.

Type species: Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) Maas, Acta Bot. Neerl. 24: 474 (1975 publ. 1976) Designated as synonym Renealmia exaltata L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 7 (1782)

Synonyms

Homonyms
Renealmia R. Br. Prodr. 591. (1810) (Iridaceae Juss.) nom. illeg. hom.
Renealmia L. Sp. Pl. 1: 286. (1753) (Tillandsia L. Sp. Pl. 1: 286. (1753) Bromeliaceae (1789))
Renealmia Houtt. Nat. Hist. [tweede deel {second part}] 2(8): 335, t. 47, f. 1. (1777) (Wurmbea Cothen. (1790) Gentianaceae Juss. (1798) homonym of Wurmbea Thunb. Nov. Gen. Pl. [Thunberg] 1: 18. (1781) Colchicaceae DC. (1804))
Heterotypic
Alpinia L., Sp. Pl.: 2 (1753), nom. rej.
Amomum Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 1: 1 (1798), nom. rej.
Gethyra Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 282 (1812), nom. nud.
Peperidium Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 446 (1836), nom. nud.
Siphotria Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 50 (1838)
Ethanium Salisb. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 688 (1891), nom. superfl.

References

Linnaeus, C. von (1782) Supplementum Plantarum 7. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Renealmia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 8. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2015. Renealmia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 May 8.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Renealmia. Published online. Accessed: May 8 2015.

Renealmia is a plant genus in the family Zingiberaceae. Its members are native to tropical Africa and tropical America (Latin America and the West Indies).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] In Peru, fruits and tubers are sources of indigenous dyes.[8] and indigenous medical treatments for leishmania and malaria [9] In Colombia, it is used to treat snakebite.[10] Bracts and leaves can serve as phytotelmata, retaining small quantities of water that offer habitat for other organisms.[11][12]

Species include:

Renealmia acreana Maas - Brazil (Acre State)
Renealmia africana Benth. - western and central Africa from Togo to Angola
Renealmia alborosea K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cameroon
Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) Maas - Latin America and the West Indies from Veracruz and Puerto Rico south to Bolivia
Renealmia alticola Maas - Colombia
Renealmia angustifolia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Espírito Santo
Renealmia aromatica (Aubl.) Griseb. - Latin America and the West Indies from Veracruz and Puerto Rico south to Bolivia
Renealmia asplundii Maas - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Renealmia aurantifera Maas - Ecuador
Renealmia batangana K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cameroon
Renealmia battenbergiana Cummins ex Baker - Ghana, Ivory Coast
Renealmia brachythyrsa Loes. - Cameroon
Renealmia bracteata De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Uganda
Renealmia brasiliensis K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Brazil
Renealmia breviscapa Poepp. & Endl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
Renealmia cabrae De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Gabon, Cameroon
Renealmia caucana Maas - Colombia
Renealmia cernua (Sw. ex Roem. & Schult.) J.F.Macbr. - Latin America from Chiapas to Peru
Renealmia chalcochlora K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Colombia
Renealmia chiriquina Standl. - Panama
Renealmia choroniensis Maas - Veenzuela
Renealmia chrysotricha Petersen - Rio de Janeiro
Renealmia cincinnata (K.Schum.) T.Durand & Schinz - west-central Africa from Ivory Coast to Congo-Brazzaville
Renealmia concinna Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
Renealmia congesta Maas - Costa Rica, Panama
Renealmia congoensis Gagnep. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Gabon, Cameroon, Cabinda
Renealmia congolana De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania
Renealmia costaricensis Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Renealmia cuatrecasasii Maas - Colombia, Ecuador
Renealmia cylindrica Maas & H.Maas - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Renealmia densiflora Urb. - Haiti
Renealmia densispica Koechlin - Gabon, Cameroon
Renealmia dermatopetala K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Brazil, Bolivia
Renealmia dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand - Zaïre
Renealmia dolichocalyx Maas - Ecuador
Renealmia dressleri Maas - Panama
Renealmia engleri K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia
Renealmia erythrocarpa Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
Renealmia ferruginea Maas - Colombia
Renealmia floribunda K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Trinidad and northern South America
Renealmia foliifera Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
Renealmia fragilis Maas - Colombia, Ecuador
Renealmia guianensis Maas - Guianas, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Venezuelan Antilles
Renealmia heleniae Maas - Panama
Renealmia jamaicensis (Gaertn.) Horan. - Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
Renealmia krukovii Maas - Colombia, Peru, Brazil
Renealmia laxa K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cameroon
Renealmia ligulata Maas - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Renealmia longifolia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Liberia, Ivory Coast
Renealmia lucida Maas - Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador
Renealmia macrocolea K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Togo, Cabinda, Cameroon, Gabon
Renealmia maculata Stapf in H.Johnston - Liberia, Ivory Coast
Renealmia mannii Hook.f. - Bioko
Renealmia matogrossensis Maas - Mato Grosso
Renealmia mexicana Klotzsch ex Petersen - southern Mexico, Central America, Venezuela
Renealmia microcalyx Maas & H.Maas - Brazil, Venezuela
Renealmia monosperma Miq. - widespread from Panama east to the Guianas and south to Bolivia
Renealmia nicolaioides Loes. - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
Renealmia oligosperma K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Ecuador
Renealmia oligotricha Maas - Ecuador
Renealmia orinocensis Rusby - Venezuela, Guianas
Renealmia pacifica (Maas) Maas & H.Maas - southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador
Renealmia pallida Maas - Peru
Renealmia petasites Gagnep. - Brazil
Renealmia pirrensis Maas & H.Maas - Panama
Renealmia pluriplicata Maas - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America
Renealmia polyantha K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Gabon, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
Renealmia polypus Gagnep. - Gabon, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Cabinda
Renealmia puberula Steyerm. - Colombia, Ecuador
Renealmia purpurea Maas & H.Maas - Peru
Renealmia pycnostachys K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Minas Gerais (probably extinct)
Renealmia pyramidalis (Lam.) Maas - Lesser Antilles
Renealmia racemosa Poepp. & Endl. - Peru, Bolivia
Renealmia reticulata Gagnep. - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
Renealmia sancti-thomae I.M.Turner - São Tomé
Renealmia scaposa Maas - Costa Rica
Renealmia sessilifolia Gagnep. - Ecuador
Renealmia stellulata Steyerm. - Ecuador, Peru
Renealmia stenostachys K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cameroon
Renealmia striata (Stokes) Govaerts ex Maas - Jamaica
Renealmia thyrsoidea (Ruiz & Pav.) Poepp. & Endl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, Panama, Costa Rica
Renealmia urbaniana Loes. - Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
Renealmia vallensis Maas - Colombia
Renealmia variegata Maas & H.Maas - Ecuador, Colombia, Panama
Renealmia wurdackii Maas - Peru, Ecuador

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Maas, P. J. M. 1977. Renealmia (Zingiberaceae–Zingiberoideae), Costoideae (Additions) (Zingiberaceae). Flora Neotropica 18: 1–218.
Vovides, A. P. 1994. Zingiberaceae. Flora de Veracruz 79: 1–16.
Maas, P. J. M. & H. Maas van de Kamer. 2003. Zingiberaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 846–856.
Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576.
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Gómez-Betancur, I., and D. Benjumea. 2014. Traditional use of the genus Renealmia and Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) Maas (Zingiberaceae)-a review in the treatment of snakebites. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. Asian Pac J Trop Med 2014; 7(Suppl 1): S574-S582.
Darby, M. & Chaboo, C.S. 2015. Phytotelmatrichis, a new genus of Acrotrichinae (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) associated with the phytotelmata of Zingiberales plants in Peru. Zootaxa 4052(1): 96–106.
Hayford, B., T. Förster, V. Patel, & C. S. Chaboo. 2021. Aquatic Diptera associated with Neotropical Zingiberales phytotelmata (Diptera). Journal of Natural History 54:43-44, 2815-2838.