''Riedelia'' is a genus of plants in the family

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. The genus contains approximately 75 species that are distributed among

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, the

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, and

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in eastern

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> Among the described species is '' Riedelia charontis'', which was formally described in 2010.Newman, MF. 2010. A new species of ''Riedelia'' (Zingiberaceae) from Papua, Indonesia. ''Edinburgh Journal of Botany'', 67(1): 65-68.

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Alpinioideae Zingiberaceae genera Taxa named by Daniel Oliver {{Zingiberales-stub