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:

Maas - Brazil (Acre State)
Benth. - western and central Africa from Togo to Angola
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
Maas - Colombia
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Espírito Santo
(Aubl.) Griseb. - Latin America and the West Indies from Veracruz and Puerto Rico south to Bolivia
Maas - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Renealmia aurantiferaMaas - Ecuador
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cameroon
Cummins ex Baker - Ghana, Ivory Coast
Loes. - Cameroon
De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Uganda
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Brazil
Poepp. & Endl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Gabon, Cameroon
Maas - Colombia
Renealmia cernua(Sw. ex Roem. & Schult.) J.F.Macbr. - Latin America from Chiapas to Peru
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Colombia
Standl. - Panamá
Maas - Venezuela
Petersen - Rio de Janeiro
(K.Schum.) T.Durand & Schinz - west-central Africa from Ivory Coast to Congo-Brazzaville
Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
Maas - Costa Rica, Panama
Gagnep. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Gabon, Cameroon, Cabinda
De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania
Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Maas - Colombia, Ecuador
Maas & H.Maas - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Urb. - Haiti
Koechlin - Gabon, Cameroon
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Brazil, Bolivia
De Wild. & T.Durand - Zaïre
Renealmia dolichocalyxMaas - Ecuador
Maas - Panama
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia
Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua
Maas - Colombia
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Trinidad and northern South America
Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
Maas - Colombia, Ecuador
Maas - Guianas, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Venezuelan Antilles
Maas - Panama
Renealmia jamaicensis(Gaertn.) Horan. - Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico
Maas - Colombia, Peru, Brazil
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cameroon
Maas - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Liberia, Ivory Coast
Maas - Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Togo, Cabinda, Cameroon, Gabon
Stapf in H.Johnston - Liberia, Ivory Coast
Hook.f. - Bioko
Maas - Mato Grosso
Klotzsch ex Petersen - southern Mexico, Central America, Venezuela
Maas & H.Maas - Brazil, Venezuela
Miq. - widespread from Panama east to the Guianas and south to Bolivia
Loes. - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Ecuador
Renealmia oligotrichaMaas - Ecuador
Rusby - Venezuela, Guianas
(Maas) Maas & H.Maas - southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador
Maas - Peru
Gagnep. - Brazil
Maas & H.Maas - Panama
Maas - Colombia, Ecuador, Central America
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Gabon, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
Gagnep. - Gabon, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Cabinda
Steyerm. - Colombia, Ecuador
Maas & H.Maas - Peru
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Minas Gerais (probably extinct)
(Lam.) Maas - Lesser Antilles
Poepp. & Endl. - Peru, Bolivia
Gagnep. - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
I.M.Turner - São Tomé
Maas - Costa Rica
Renealmia sessilifoliaGagnep. - Ecuador
Steyerm. - Ecuador, Peru
K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cameroon
(Stokes) Govaerts ex Maas - Jamaica
(Ruiz & Pav.) Poepp. & Endl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, Panama, Costa Rica
Loes. - Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
Maas - Colombia
Maas & H.Maas - Ecuador, Colombia, Panama
Maas - Peru, Ecuador