Renealmia alpinia

References

1. [1]National Tropical Botanical Garden — http://ntbg.org/plants/choose_a_plant.php ↩︎General information on almost 400 species, with descriptions, habitats and some uses.
2. [2]Flora of Guatemala — Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark · 1946 - 1976 · http://www.archive.org/ ↩︎A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/
3. [3]Renealmia (Zingiberaceae-Zingiberoideae), Costoideae (Additions) (Zingiberaceae). — Maas P.J.M. · New York Botanical Garden; New York. · 1977 ↩︎A monograph of the genus Renealmia in the American Tropics.
4. [4]Contributions to The Flora of Venezuela. — Steyermark J.A. Et al · Chicago Natural History Museum; Chicago. · 1951 - 1957 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎An excellent flora, though made at a time when botanical knowledge of the areas was still very lacking.
5. [5]Medicinal Plants of Brazil — Mors W.B.; Rizzini C.T.; Pereira N.A. · Reference Publications; Michigan. · 2000 · ISBN 0-917256-42-5 ↩︎An extremely concise book, listing approximately 1,500 species and varieties of plants with their botanical name, common name in Brazil, regions in Brazil where the plant is found, a brief list of uses and any medically active compounds in the plant.
6. [6]Medicinal Plants of the Guianas — DeFilipps, R. A.; Maina, S. L.; & Crepin, J. · Smithsonian Museum · http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html ↩︎A down-loadable PDF document of a book in pre-publication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region
7. [7]Medicinal and Ethnoveterinary Remedies of Hunters in Trinidad — Lans C.; Harper T.; Georges K.; Bridgewater E. · International Society for Complementary Medicine Research · 2001 · http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/1/10 ↩︎The paper is available online.