Ancistrochilus rothschildianus

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Rothschild's Ancistrochilus']

• English: Rothschild's Ancistrochilus

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Collabieae • Genus: Ancistrochilus • Species: Ancistrochilus rothschildianus O'Brien (1907)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Ancistrochilus thomsonianus var. gentilii De Wild., Not. Pl. Util. Congo 1: 128 (1903) Ancistrochilus hirsutissimus Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 386 (1914) Pachystoma rothschildianum Sander, Sander's Orch. Guide, ed. rev.,: 363 (1927)

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Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: East Tropical Africa Uganda. Regional: West Tropical Africa Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Zaire.

References

Description of taxon

• O'Brien, J. (1907) The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 41: 51.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 120 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Ancistrochilus rothschildianus.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Ancistrochilus rothschildianus
• eMonocot link: Ancistrochilus rothschildianus
• Tropicos link: Ancistrochilus rothschildianus
• International Plant Names Index link: Ancistrochilus rothschildianus