Reldia

Reldia
Reldia multiflora
Scientific 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 (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. "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.