Orchidaceae

Aerangis Rchb.f.

First published in Flora 48: 190 (1865)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to Sri Lanka.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, 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.
  • la Croix, I. (2014). Aerangis. Exquisite African orchids to discover, identify and grow: 1-200. Tiber Press, Portland, Oregon.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Flora 48: 190 (1865).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Stewart in Kew Bull. 34: 239–319 (1979).
  • in Flora 48: 190 (1865).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J. Stewart in K.B. 34: 239 (1979)
  • in Flora 48: 190 (1865)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Owens, C. [3] Kenya K:SPC-39635.000 No
Tanzania K:SPC-61131.000 No
Madagascar K:SPC-63584.000 No
Meyer, H. [K.37] Uganda K:SPC-39197.000 No
Madagascar K:SPC-32564.000 No
Mildbraed, J. [6504] Equatorial Guinea K000974026 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000306359 Unknown Type Material Yes
Senghis Madagascar K:SPC-63501.000 No
Zapfack, L. [501] Cameroon K001394803 Yes
Madagascar K:SPC-06824.000 No
Pullen-Burry, R.H. Tanzania K:SPC-14066.000 Type No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000306360 Unknown Type Material Yes
Procter, J. [1021] Tanzania K:SPC-29791.000 No
Schaijes, M. [2434] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-48936.000 No
Zapfack, L. [714] Cameroon K:SPC-61710.000 No
Madagascar K:SPC-06823.000 No
la Croix, I. [379] Malawi K:SPC-48573.000 No
Holmes [14] Zambia K:SPC-77384.000 No
[AL104] Madagascar K:SPC-72730.000 No
Sander, F. [[960]] K000306357 Unknown Type Material Yes
Madagascar K:SPC-72734.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000306358 Unknown Type Material Yes
Madagascar K:SPC-61047.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [739A] Cameroon K000107310 No
Hermans, J; Hermans, C. [2961] Madagascar Microterangis K:SPC-61062.000 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