Renealmia
Renealmia is a plant genus in the family Zingiberaceae. Its members are native to tropical Africa and tropical America. 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 Renealmia africana Benth. - western and central Africa from Togo to AngolaRenealmia alborosea K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - CameroonRenealmia alpinia Maas - Latin America and the West Indies from Veracruz and Puerto Rico south to BoliviaRenealmia alticola Maas - ColombiaRenealmia angustifolia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Espírito SantoRenealmia aromatica Griseb. - Latin America and the West Indies from Veracruz and Puerto Rico south to BoliviaRenealmia asplundii Maas - Colombia, Ecuador, PeruRenealmia aurantifera Maas - EcuadorRenealmia batangana K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - CameroonRenealmia battenbergiana Cummins ex Baker - Ghana, Ivory CoastRenealmia brachythyrsa Loes. - CameroonRenealmia bracteata De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, UgandaRenealmia brasiliensis K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - BrazilRenealmia breviscapa Poepp. & Endl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia Renealmia cabrae De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Gabon, CameroonRenealmia caucana Maas - ColombiaRenealmia cernua J.F.Macbr. - Latin America from Chiapas to PeruRenealmia chalcochlora K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - ColombiaRenealmia chiriquina Standl. - PanamáRenealmia choroniensis Maas - VenezuelaRenealmia chrysotricha Petersen - Rio de JaneiroRenealmia cincinnata T.Durand & Schinz - west-central Africa from Ivory Coast to Congo-BrazzavilleRenealmia concinna Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, ColombiaRenealmia congesta Maas - Costa Rica, PanamaRenealmia congoensis Gagnep. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Gabon, Cameroon, CabindaRenealmia congolana De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Rwanda, Uganda, TanzaniaRenealmia costaricensis Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, EcuadorRenealmia cuatrecasasii Maas - Colombia, EcuadorRenealmia cylindrica Maas & H.Maas - Panama, Colombia, EcuadorRenealmia densiflora Urb. - HaitiRenealmia densispica Koechlin - Gabon, CameroonRenealmia dermatopetala K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Brazil, BoliviaRenealmia dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand - ZaïreRenealmia dolichocalyx Maas - EcuadorRenealmia dressleri Maas - PanamaRenealmia engleri K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Kenya, Tanzania, ZambiaRenealmia erythrocarpa Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, NicaraguaRenealmia ferruginea Maas - ColombiaRenealmia floribunda K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Trinidad and northern South AmericaRenealmia foliifera Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, ColombiaRenealmia fragilis Maas - Colombia, EcuadorRenealmia guianensis Maas - Guianas, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Venezuelan Antilles Renealmia heleniae Maas - PanamaRenealmia jamaicensis Horan. - Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto RicoRenealmia krukovii Maas - Colombia, Peru, BrazilRenealmia laxa K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - CameroonRenealmia ligulata Maas - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, EcuadorRenealmia longifolia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Liberia, Ivory CoastRenealmia lucida Maas - Costa Rica, Colombia, EcuadorRenealmia macrocolea K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Togo, Cabinda, Cameroon, Gabon Renealmia maculata Stapf in H.Johnston - Liberia, Ivory CoastRenealmia mannii Hook.f. - BiokoRenealmia matogrossensis Maas - Mato GrossoRenealmia mexicana Klotzsch ex Petersen - southern Mexico, Central America, VenezuelaRenealmia microcalyx Maas & H.Maas - Brazil, VenezuelaRenealmia monosperma Miq. - widespread from Panama east to the Guianas and south to BoliviaRenealmia nicolaioides Loes. - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil Renealmia oligosperma K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - EcuadorRenealmia oligotricha Maas - EcuadorRenealmia orinocensis Rusby - Venezuela, GuianasRenealmia pacifica Maas & H.Maas - southern Mexico, Guatemala, El SalvadorRenealmia pallida Maas - PeruRenealmia petasites Gagnep. - BrazilRenealmia pirrensis Maas & H.Maas - PanamaRenealmia pluriplicata Maas - Colombia, Ecuador, Central AmericaRenealmia polyantha K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Gabon, Cameroon, Congo-BrazzavilleRenealmia polypus Gagnep. - Gabon, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, CabindaRenealmia puberula Steyerm. - Colombia, EcuadorRenealmia purpurea Maas & H.Maas - PeruRenealmia pycnostachys K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Minas Gerais Renealmia pyramidalis Maas - Lesser AntillesRenealmia racemosa Poepp. & Endl. - Peru, BoliviaRenealmia reticulata Gagnep. - Espírito Santo, Rio de JaneiroRenealmia sancti-thomae I.M.Turner - São ToméRenealmia scaposa Maas - Costa RicaRenealmia sessilifolia Gagnep. - EcuadorRenealmia stellulata Steyerm. - Ecuador, PeruRenealmia stenostachys K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - CameroonRenealmia striata Govaerts ex Maas - JamaicaRenealmia thyrsoidea Poepp. & Endl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, Panama, Costa RicaRenealmia urbaniana Loes. - Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, ColombiaRenealmia vallensis Maas - ColombiaRenealmia variegata Maas & H.Maas - Ecuador, Colombia, PanamaRenealmia wurdackii Maas - Peru, Ecuador