Orchidaceae
Angraecum

Angraecum infundibulare Lindl.

First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 136 (1862)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to SW. Kenya. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in J. Linn. Soc. 6: 136 (1862).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dandy in Exell, Vase. Pl. São Tomé: 331 (1944).
  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 785 (1974).
  • Lindl. in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 6: 136 (1862).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 239 (1968).
  • Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 36: 172 (1918).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Eggeling, W.J. [s.n.] Uganda K:SPC-14105.000 No
Meyer, H. [K72] Uganda K:SPC-39128.000 No
K:SPC-18792.000 No
Leakey, C.L.A. [3] Uganda K:SPC-25740.000 No
Pfennig, H. [1366] Rwanda K:SPC-45599.000 No
Rosevear, D., R. [55/37] Cameroon K000107142 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images