''Renealmia'' is a

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Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical ...

. Its members are native to tropical Africa and tropical America (Latin America and the West Indies).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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leishmania ''Leishmania'' () is a genus of parasitic protozoans, single-celled eukaryotic organisms of the trypanosomatid group that are responsible for the disease leishmaniasis. The parasites are transmitted by sandflies of the genus '' Phlebotomus'' ...

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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.Hayford, B., T. Förster, V. Patel, & C. S. Chaboo. 2021. Aquatic Diptera associated with Neotropical Zingiberales phytotelmata (Diptera). Journal of Natural History 54:43-44, 2815-2838.

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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 ''Renealmia alpinia'' is a flowering plant species native to the Americas, where it grows from southern Mexico through much of South America, though not in the Southern Cone. It can also be found on several Caribbean islands. In Quechua it is ...

'' (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 ''Renealmia aurantifera'' is a species of plant in the family Zingiberaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine c ...

'' Maas - Ecuador * '' Renealmia batangana'' K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Cameroon * ''

Renealmia battenbergiana ''Renealmia'' is a plant genus in the family (biology), 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 indig ...

'' Cummins ex Baker - Ghana, Ivory Coast * '' Renealmia brachythyrsa'' Loes. - Cameroon * ''

Renealmia bracteata ''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 trea ...

'' De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Uganda * ''

Renealmia brasiliensis ''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 trea ...

'' K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Brazil * ''

Renealmia breviscapa ''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 trea ...

'' Poepp. & Endl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia * ''

Renealmia cabrae ''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 trea ...

'' De Wild. & T.Durand - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Gabon, Cameroon * ''

Renealmia caucana ''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 trea ...

'' Maas - Colombia * ''

Renealmia cernua ''Renealmia cernua'' is a species of plant in the family (biology), family Zingiberaceae. It was first described in 1931 by James Francis Macbride. The native plant, native range of ''Renealmia cernua'' is Southeastern Mexico to Southern Tropical ...

'' (Sw. ex Roem. & Schult.) J.F.Macbr. - Latin America from Chiapas to Peru * ''

Renealmia chalcochlora ''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 trea ...

'' K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler - Colombia * ''

Renealmia chiriquina ''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 trea ...

'' Standl. - Panamá * ''

Renealmia choroniensis ''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 trea ...

'' Maas - Venezuela * ''

Renealmia chrysotricha ''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 trea ...

'' Petersen - Rio de Janeiro * ''

Renealmia cincinnata ''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 trea ...

'' (K.Schum.) T.Durand & Schinz - west-central Africa from Ivory Coast to Congo-Brazzaville * ''

Renealmia concinna ''Renealmia'' is a plant genus in the family (biology), 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 indig ...

'' 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 ''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 trea ...

'' 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

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