Renealmia

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). In Peru, fruits and tubers are sources of indigenous dyes. and indigenous medical treatments for leishmania and malaria In Colombia, it is used to treat snakebite. Bracts and leaves can serve as phytotelmata, retaining small quantities of water that offer habitat for other organisms.

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. - Panamá Renealmia choroniensis Maas - Venezuela 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