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2.
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The genus
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comprises 82 species (
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), 26 of which are found in tropical Africa. While a modern treatment for tropical America (
<bibRefCitation id="64BF52F328C65DFA6F3D70511E714059" author="Maas, PJM" journalOrPublisher="Flora Neotropica" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="1 - 218" publicationUrl="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4393712" refId="B26" refString="Maas, PJM, 1977. Renealmia (Zingiberaceae - Zingiberoideae) Costoideae (Additions) (Zingiberaceae). Flora Neotropica 18: 1 - 218, https://www.jstor.org/stable/4393712" title="Renealmia (Zingiberaceae - Zingiberoideae) Costoideae (Additions) (Zingiberaceae)." url="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4393712" volume="18" year="1977">Maas 1977</bibRefCitation>
) and subsequent descriptions of new taxa (
<bibRefCitation id="B8E19C72663776172C2573CA90C7D3F5" author="Maas, PJM" journalOrPublisher="Acta Botanica Neerlandica" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="469 - 480" refId="B27" refString="Maas, PJM, 1979. Notes on the New World Zingiberaceae: 2. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 24: 469 - 480" title="Notes on the New World Zingiberaceae: 2." volume="24" year="1979">Maas 1979</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="AAFAE4E73ADAF20A7F760379AE69B1D2" author="Maas, PJM" journalOrPublisher="Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="237 - 428" refId="B28" refString="Maas, PJM, Maas, H, 1987. Notes on the New World Zingiberaceae: 3. Some new species of Costus and Renealmia. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 46: 237 - 428" title="Notes on the New World Zingiberaceae: 3. Some new species of Costus and Renealmia." volume="46" year="1987">Maas and Maas 1987</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="8EB82000E32DE18372AE09D24FDF3A83" author="Maas, PJM" journalOrPublisher="Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="307 - 320" refId="B29" refString="Maas, PJM, Maas, H, 1990. Notes on the New World Zingiberaceae: 4. Some new species of Costus and Renealmia. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 46: 307 - 320" title="Notes on the New World Zingiberaceae: 4. Some new species of Costus and Renealmia." volume="46" year="1990">1990</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1B7B0097062368E06935D74538ABB07C" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.130.1.6" author="Ospina, JC" journalOrPublisher="Phytotaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="50 - 54" refId="B30" refString="Ospina, JC, Pozner, RE, 2013. A new species of Renealmia (Zingiberaceae) from Colombia. Phytotaxa 130: 50 - 54, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.130.1.6" title="A new species of Renealmia (Zingiberaceae) from Colombia." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.130.1.6" volume="130" year="2013">Ospina and Pozner 2013</bibRefCitation>
) and revisions of critical groups (
<bibRefCitation id="0F05CCA745253B8B417E7FA8833C923D" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.367.2.6" author="Lima, HRP" journalOrPublisher="Phytotaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="50 - 54" refId="B18" refString="Lima, HRP, Gevu, KV, Andreata, RHP, Braga, JMA, 2018. A reassessment of the Renealmia chrysotricha (Zingiberaceae) species complex based on morhological evidence and nomenclatural notes. Phytotaxa 130: 50 - 54, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.367.2.6" title="A reassessment of the Renealmia chrysotricha (Zingiberaceae) species complex based on morhological evidence and nomenclatural notes." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.367.2.6" volume="130" year="2018">Lima et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
) are available, the African species are still in need of a revision (
<bibRefCitation id="37A77733AE702E4068A6F9CEA3466369" author="Lock, JM" editor="Polhill, RM" journalOrPublisher="A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="1 - 40" refId="B23" refString="Lock, JM, 1985. Zingiberaceae. In: Polhill, RM, Ed., Flora of Tropical East Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam: 1 - 40" title="Zingiberaceae." volumeTitle="Flora of Tropical East Africa." year="1985">Lock 1985</bibRefCitation>
). Important contributions have been the treatments for Flore du Cameroun (
<bibRefCitation id="FC0C5F67206CDA92E7E8CB33331CD9BE" author="Koechlin, J" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Botany Monographs" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" refId="B17" refString="Koechlin, J, 1965. Scitamineae (Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Zingiberaceae, Cannaceae, Marantaceae). Flore du Cameroun, vol. 4. Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 1-162." title="Scitamineae (Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Zingiberaceae, Cannaceae, Marantaceae). Flore du Cameroun, vol. 4. Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 1 - 162." year="1965">Koechlin 1965</bibRefCitation>
) and Flore du Gabon (
<bibRefCitation id="4B1DF37F3AA85E454B7D9CEFF2EF482C" author="Koechlin, J" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Botany Monographs" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" refId="B16" refString="Koechlin, J, 1964. Scitamineae (Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Zingiberaceae, Cannaceae, Marantaceae). Flore du Gabon 9. Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 1-172." title="Scitamineae (Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Zingiberaceae, Cannaceae, Marantaceae). Flore du Gabon 9. Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 1 - 172." year="1964">Koechlin 1964</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="FAABFD3B8F7F3A65E2AFD2509B166F89" author="Dhetchuvi, J-B" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin de la Societe Royale de Botanique de Belgique" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" refId="B4" refString="Dhetchuvi, J-B, 1996. Taxonomie et Phytogeographie des Marantaceae et des Zingiberaceae de l'Afrique Centrale (Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Rwanda et Burundi). PhD Thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium." title="Taxonomie et Phytogeographie des Marantaceae et des Zingiberaceae de l'Afrique Centrale (Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Rwanda et Burundi). PhD Thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium." year="1996">Dhetchuvi (1996)</bibRefCitation>
proposes six new species of
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in his PhD thesis, which will be validated in a paper on the genus in Central Africa (Fischer and Dhetchuvi unpubl. data). Another six new species have subsequently been discovered during intensive research in the field and in major herbaria. One of these taxa,
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<emphasis id="0B9FA22205BECD2F800CC48ED438050A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">R. timmiorum</emphasis>
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, was collected on a joint field trip by the first author and the last author in Rwanda and thus the description could be written in more detail. A second new species was collected by the first author in the isolated Cyamudongo Forest. The four remaining species will be described in a forthcoming paper.
<bibRefCitation id="BF5256A1EA9C0DC61445E70BD394E4DE" author="Champluvier, D" editor="Troupin, G" journalOrPublisher="Spermatophytes. Vol. 4. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Brussels" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="490 - 498" refId="B2" refString="Champluvier, D, 1988. 176. Zingiberaceae. In: Troupin, G, Ed., Flore du Rwanda. Spermatophytes. Vol. 4. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Brussels: 490 - 498" title="176. Zingiberaceae." volumeTitle="Flore du Rwanda." year="1988">Champluvier (1988)</bibRefCitation>
only lists
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<emphasis id="8FF0101B14DB5192DBBCE3EC11DFDF35" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">R. congolana</emphasis>
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De Wild. &amp; T.Durand (
<bibRefCitation id="242BC134CC6F4ABD7C3729DD2F7A5A60" author="De Wildeman, E" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin de la Societe Royale de Botanique de Belgique" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="120 - 152" refId="B3" refString="De Wildeman, E, Durand, T, 1899. Materiaux pour la Flore du Congo, cinquieme fascicule. Bulletin de la Societe Royale de Botanique de Belgique 38 (2): 120 - 152" title="Materiaux pour la Flore du Congo, cinquieme fascicule." volume="38" year="1899">De Wildeman and Durand 1899</bibRefCitation>
: 144) from Rwanda. However, this species differs from
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<emphasis id="5C212130C952E22B538F804A42437AB7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Renealmia susannae-katziae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="5E2B9CDF646F199EF52CB1D407BD5032" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">R. timmiorum</emphasis>
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in the partial inflorescences (cincinni) with at least 4-8 flowers and the distinctly pubescent rachis.
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<emphasis id="55753BD9540641554F3E44F97F91D010" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Renealmia congolana</emphasis>
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is now considered as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="0D0431952EBFA3B5D28CBE05747A8F96" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">R. africana</emphasis>
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Benth. ex Hook.f. (
<bibRefCitation id="EF178674A0CF6364D1F76923F73775DB" author="Hooker, JD" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Botany Monographs" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" refId="B11" refString="Hooker, JD, 1883. Plate 1430: Renealmia africana, Benth. Scitamineae, Tribe Zingibereae. Hooker's Icones Plantarum: 24-25." title="Plate 1430: Renealmia africana, Benth. Scitamineae, Tribe Zingibereae. Hooker's Icones Plantarum: 24 - 25." year="1883">Hooker 1883</bibRefCitation>
: 24) (Fischer and Dhetchuvi unpubl. data). This taxon has not yet been recorded for Rwanda and the specimens cited by
<bibRefCitation id="07BC3D9FBDA9587F3DE54A475498732F" author="Champluvier, D" editor="Troupin, G" journalOrPublisher="Spermatophytes. Vol. 4. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Brussels" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="490 - 498" refId="B2" refString="Champluvier, D, 1988. 176. Zingiberaceae. In: Troupin, G, Ed., Flore du Rwanda. Spermatophytes. Vol. 4. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Brussels: 490 - 498" title="176. Zingiberaceae." volumeTitle="Flore du Rwanda." year="1988">Champluvier (1988)</bibRefCitation>
represent mostly
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<emphasis id="D8B13130778E4DD9A6507B003A3342F8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">R. timmiorum</emphasis>
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. The majority of collections available consists of fruiting material, including the majority of species already proposed by
<bibRefCitation id="257D8EBF8D43F1C060FE5EEBA63B7DF9" author="Dhetchuvi, J-B" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin de la Societe Royale de Botanique de Belgique" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" refId="B4" refString="Dhetchuvi, J-B, 1996. Taxonomie et Phytogeographie des Marantaceae et des Zingiberaceae de l'Afrique Centrale (Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Rwanda et Burundi). PhD Thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium." title="Taxonomie et Phytogeographie des Marantaceae et des Zingiberaceae de l'Afrique Centrale (Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Rwanda et Burundi). PhD Thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium." year="1996">Dhetchuvi (1996)</bibRefCitation>
. However, their description will point out the existence of these taxa and may help to collect further material and to assess the conservation status. Important characters used in the description of
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species are the leaves, the number of flowers in a cincinnus, the shape of the bracteole, the shape of the calyx and the fruit (including number of seeds). Generally, the flowers are rarely available and flower characters are therefore difficult to apply for comparison with other species. The two new species proposed in the present paper have fortunately been observed with flowers and their characters are included in the descriptions. The majority of
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species in Africa is restricted to lowland rainforest. The two new taxa from Rwanda represent species of the genus that are occurring at the highest known elevations of up to 2003 and 2267 m.
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