''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.

Species

The following species are listed in

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: * ''Riedelia affinis'' (Ridl.) K.Schum. * ''Riedelia alata'' Valeton * ''Riedelia albertisii'' (K.Schum.) K.Schum. * ''Riedelia angustifolia'' Valeton * ''Riedelia areolata'' Valeton * ''Riedelia arfakensis'' Valeton * ''Riedelia aurantiaca'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia bicuspis'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia bidentata'' Valeton * ''Riedelia bismarcki-montium'' K.Schum. * ''Riedelia brachybotrys'' Valeton * ''Riedelia branderhorstii'' Valeton * ''Riedelia brevicornu'' Valeton * ''Riedelia brunneopilosa'' Govaerts * ''Riedelia capillidens'' Gilli * ''Riedelia charontis'' M.F.Newman * ''Riedelia corallina'' (K.Schum.) Valeton * ''Riedelia cordylinoides'' (Ridl.) R.M.Sm. * ''Riedelia curcumoidea'' P.Royen * ''Riedelia curviflora'' Oliv. * ''Riedelia decurva'' (Ridl.) Valeton * ''Riedelia dolichopteron'' Valeton * ''Riedelia epiphytica'' Valeton * ''Riedelia erecta'' Valeton * ''Riedelia eupteron'' Valeton * ''Riedelia exalata'' Valeton * ''Riedelia ferruginea'' Valeton * ''Riedelia flava'' Lauterb. ex Valeton * ''Riedelia fulgens'' Valeton * ''Riedelia geanthus'' Valeton * ''Riedelia geluensis'' Valeton * ''Riedelia geminiflora'' Valeton * ''Riedelia graminea'' Valeton * ''Riedelia grandiligula'' Valeton * ''Riedelia hirtella'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia hollandiae'' Valeton * ''Riedelia insignis'' (Warb.) K.Schum. * ''Riedelia klossii'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia lanata'' (Scheff.) K.Schum. ex Valeton * ''Riedelia lanatiligulata'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia latiligula'' Valeton * ''Riedelia ligulata'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia longifolia'' Valeton * ''Riedelia longirostra'' Valeton * ''Riedelia longisepala'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia macranthoides'' Valeton * ''Riedelia macrothyrsa'' Valeton * ''Riedelia maculata'' Valeton * ''Riedelia marafungensis'' P.Royen * ''Riedelia maxima'' Valeton * ''Riedelia microbotrya'' Valeton * ''Riedelia minor'' Valeton * ''Riedelia monophylla'' K.Schum. * ''Riedelia montana'' Valeton * ''Riedelia monticola'' Valeton * ''Riedelia nymanii'' K.Schum. * ''Riedelia orchioides'' (K.Schum.) Valeton * ''Riedelia paniculata'' Valeton * ''Riedelia plectophylla'' (K.Schum.) Govaerts * ''Riedelia pterocalyx'' (K.Schum.) Valeton * ''Riedelia pulcherrima'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia purpurata'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia rigidocalyx'' Lauterb. ex Valeton * ''Riedelia robusta'' Valeton * ''Riedelia rosacea'' P.Royen * ''Riedelia schlechteri'' Valeton * ''Riedelia sessilanthera'' Valeton * ''Riedelia stricta'' K.Schum. * ''Riedelia subalpina'' P.Royen * ''Riedelia suborbicularis'' P.Royen * ''Riedelia subulocalyx'' Valeton * ''Riedelia tenuifolia'' Valeton * ''Riedelia triciliata'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia umbellata'' Valeton * ''Riedelia urceolata'' Valeton * ''Riedelia whitei'' Ridl. * ''Riedelia wollastonii'' Ridl.

References

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