Orchidaceae

Angraecopsis Kraenzl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 171 (1900)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa, W. Indian Ocean.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Comoros, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2014). Genera Orchidacearum 6: 1-544. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 28: 171 (1900).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • H. Perrier in Fl. Madag., fam. 49, Orchidées 2: 80 (1941).
  • Schlechter, Die Orchideen: 600 (1914);
  • Summerhayes in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 14: 242–261 (1951).
  • in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 171 (1900).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Perrier in Fl. Madag., Orch. 2: 80 (1941)
  • Schltr., Die Orchideen: 600 (1914)
  • Summerh. in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 14: 242 (1951)
  • in Beih. Bot. Centr. 36: 139 (1918)
  • in E.J. 28: 171 (1900)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 18, 2017 Cable, S. [3836] Cameroon K:SPC-61714.000 No
Skema, C., et al. [30] Madagascar K001322302 No
Ash, J. [282] Ethiopia K:SPC-33826.000 No
Morris, B [PSM. 10] Malawi K:SPC-29965.000 No
[GH.46242] K:SPC-31275.000 No
Wild, H. [SRGH.32907] Zimbabwe K:SPC-29525.000 No
Jackson, T.H.E. [2.U1] K:SPC-32320.000 No
[GH.46243] Zimbabwe K:SPC-30857.000 No
Macrae, A. Uganda K:SPC-26787.000 No
la Croix, I. Malawi K:SPC-49261.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0