Riedelia is a genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae. The genus contains approximately 75 species that are distributed among New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia.[1] Among the described species is Riedelia charontis, which was formally described in 2010.[2]

Riedelia
Riedelia curviflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Alpinioideae
Tribe: Riedelieae
Genus: Riedelia
Oliv., conserved name
Type species
Riedelia curviflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Nyctophylax Zipp., rejected name
  • Rudelia Oliv., spelling variant
  • Naumannia Warb.
  • Oliverodoxa Kuntze
  • Thylacophora Ridl.

Species

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The following species are listed in Plants of the World Online:[3]

  • Riedelia affinis (Ridl.) K.Schum.
  • Riedelia alata Valeton
  • Riedelia albertisii (K.Schum.) K.Schum.
  • Riedelia angustifolia Valeton
  • Riedelia areolata Valeton
  • Riedelia arfakensis Valeton
  • Riedelia aurantiaca Ridl.
  • Riedelia bicuspis Ridl.
  • Riedelia bidentata Valeton
  • Riedelia bismarcki-montium K.Schum.
  • Riedelia brachybotrys Valeton
  • Riedelia branderhorstii Valeton
  • Riedelia brevicornu Valeton
  • Riedelia brunneopilosa Govaerts
  • Riedelia capillidens Gilli
  • Riedelia charontis M.F.Newman
  • Riedelia corallina (K.Schum.) Valeton
  • Riedelia cordylinoides (Ridl.) R.M.Sm.
  • Riedelia curcumoidea P.Royen
  • Riedelia curviflora Oliv.
  • Riedelia decurva (Ridl.) Valeton
  • Riedelia dolichopteron Valeton
  • Riedelia epiphytica Valeton
  • Riedelia erecta Valeton
  • Riedelia eupteron Valeton
  • Riedelia exalata Valeton
  • Riedelia ferruginea Valeton
  • Riedelia flava Lauterb. ex Valeton
  • Riedelia fulgens Valeton
  • Riedelia geanthus Valeton
  • Riedelia geluensis Valeton
  • Riedelia geminiflora Valeton
  • Riedelia graminea Valeton
  • Riedelia grandiligula Valeton
  • Riedelia hirtella Ridl.
  • Riedelia hollandiae Valeton
  • Riedelia insignis (Warb.) K.Schum.
  • Riedelia klossii Ridl.
  • Riedelia lanata (Scheff.) K.Schum. ex Valeton
  • Riedelia lanatiligulata Ridl.
  • Riedelia latiligula Valeton
  • Riedelia ligulata Ridl.
  • Riedelia longifolia Valeton
  • Riedelia longirostra Valeton
  • Riedelia longisepala Ridl.
  • Riedelia macranthoides Valeton
  • Riedelia macrothyrsa Valeton
  • Riedelia maculata Valeton
  • Riedelia marafungensis P.Royen
  • Riedelia maxima Valeton
  • Riedelia microbotrya Valeton
  • Riedelia minor Valeton
  • Riedelia monophylla K.Schum.
  • Riedelia montana Valeton
  • Riedelia monticola Valeton
  • Riedelia nymanii K.Schum.
  • Riedelia orchioides (K.Schum.) Valeton
  • Riedelia paniculata Valeton
  • Riedelia plectophylla (K.Schum.) Govaerts
  • Riedelia pterocalyx (K.Schum.) Valeton
  • Riedelia pulcherrima Ridl.
  • Riedelia purpurata Ridl.
  • Riedelia rigidocalyx Lauterb. ex Valeton
  • Riedelia robusta Valeton
  • Riedelia rosacea P.Royen
  • Riedelia schlechteri Valeton
  • Riedelia sessilanthera Valeton
  • Riedelia stricta K.Schum.
  • Riedelia subalpina P.Royen
  • Riedelia suborbicularis P.Royen
  • Riedelia subulocalyx Valeton
  • Riedelia tenuifolia Valeton
  • Riedelia triciliata Ridl.
  • Riedelia umbellata Valeton
  • Riedelia urceolata Valeton
  • Riedelia whitei Ridl.
  • Riedelia wollastonii Ridl.

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Newman, MF. 2010. A new species of Riedelia (Zingiberaceae) from Papua, Indonesia. Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 67(1): 65-68. doi:10.1017/S0960428609990242
  3. ^ "Riedelia Oliv. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-01-30.