Riedelia (plant)

Riedelia
Riedelia curviflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Alpinioideae
Tribe: Riedelieae
Genus: Riedelia
Oliv., conserved name
Type species
Riedelia curviflora
Synonyms
  • Nyctophylax Zipp., rejected name
  • Rudelia Oliv., spelling variant
  • Naumannia Warb.
  • Oliverodoxa Kuntze
  • Thylacophora Ridl.

Riedelia is a genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae. The genus contains approximately 75 species that are distributed among New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia. Among the described species is Riedelia charontis, which was formally described in 2010.