Riedelia (plant)

Riedelia
Riedelia curviflora
Scientific 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 Oliv.
Synonyms [1]
NyctophylaxZipp., rejected name Rudelia Oliv., spelling variant NaumanniaWarb. OliverodoxaKuntze ThylacophoraRidl.

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]

Species

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

1. 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.