Ancistrorhynchus

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Ancistrorhynchus
Ancistrorhynchus metteniae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Genus: Ancistrorhynchus
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Type species
Ancistrorhynchus brevifolius
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Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Cephalangraecum Schltr.
  • Phormangis Schltr.

Ancistrorhynchus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family Orchidaceae. It contains 16 species native to tropical Africa.[1]

Species[edit]

  1. Ancistrorhynchus akeassiae Pérez-Vera - Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Liberia
  2. Ancistrorhynchus brevifolius Finet - Congo-Brazzaville
  3. Ancistrorhynchus capitatus (Lindl.) Summerh. - Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Uganda, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa)
  4. Ancistrorhynchus cephalotes (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
  5. Ancistrorhynchus clandestinus (Lindl.) Schltr. - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Rwanda, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon, Uganda, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa)
  6. Ancistrorhynchus crystalensis P.J.Cribb & Laan - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands
  7. Ancistrorhynchus laxiflorus Mansf. - Tanzania
  8. Ancistrorhynchus metteniae (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon, Uganda, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa), Tanzania, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Islands,
  9. Ancistrorhynchus ovatus Summerh. - Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon, Uganda, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa)
  10. Ancistrorhynchus parviflorus Summerh. - Tanzania
  11. Ancistrorhynchus paysanii Senghas - Kenya
  12. Ancistrorhynchus recurvus Finet - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo, Cameroon, Uganda, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa), Gulf of Guinea Islands
  13. Ancistrorhynchus schumannii (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa)
  14. Ancistrorhynchus serratus Summerh - Bioko, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
  15. Ancistrorhynchus straussii (Schltr.) Schltr. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa)
  16. Ancistrorhynchus tenuicaulis Summerh. - Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa), Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart


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