Biology:Reldia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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| Reldia multiflora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Reldia Wiehler |
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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 (born 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Reldia Wiehler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298599-2.
- ↑ Olmstead, Richard (12 April 2016). "A Synoptical Classification of the Lamiales". https://depts.washington.edu/phylo/Classification.pdf.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ "Genus Reldia Wiehler". https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=10312.
Wikidata ☰ Q9296242 entry
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