Summary
Place of publication:
Acta Bot. Neerl. 24:474. 1976
Verified:
07/01/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
- Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986-
- Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973-
- Maas, P. J. M. 1977. Renealmia (Zingiberaceae - Zingiberoideae), Costoideae (Additions) (Zingiberaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 18:29.
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz]
Southern America
-
BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | | Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986- |
Human food | oil/fat | | Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986- |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101528.
Accessed 6 October 2024.