Reldia
Reldia multiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Reldia
Wiehler
Species

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Reldia is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae.[1] They are also in the Beslerieae tribe.[2]

They are native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá and Peru in South America.[1]

It contains the following species, according to Plants of the World Online;[1]

  • Reldia alternifolia Wiehler
  • Reldia calcarata L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
  • Reldia grandiflora L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  • Reldia longipedunculata J.L.Clark
  • Reldia minutiflora (L.E. Skog) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  • Reldia multiflora L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog

The genus name of Reldia is in honour of Robert Louis Dressler (b. 1927), an American botanist specialist of the taxonomy of the Orchidaceae family.[3] It was first described and published in Selbyana Vol.2 on page 124 in 1977.[1]

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Reldia Wiehler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Olmstead, Richard (12 April 2016). "A Synoptical Classification of the Lamiales" (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Genus Reldia Wiehler". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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