Orchidaceae
Aerangis

Aerangis confusa J.Stewart

First published in Kew Bull. 34: 273 (1979)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to N. Tanzania. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Tanzania

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.
  • la Croix, I. (2014). Aerangis. Exquisite African orchids to discover, identify and grow: 1-200. Tiber Press, Portland, Oregon.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • la Croix, I. (2014). Aerangis. Exquisite African orchids to discover, identify and grow: 1-200. Tiber Press, Portland, Oregon.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J. Stewart in Kew Bulletin 34: 273 (1979).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 21, 1977 Smart, J.B. [E24] Kenya K000306388 Holotype Yes
Jul 21, 1977 Napier, E.R. [1328] Kenya K000316987 No
Jul 21, 1977 Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [4992] Kenya K000316989 No
Jul 21, 1977 Napier, E.R. [s.n.] Kenya K000316983 No
Jul 21, 1977 Bally, P.R.O. [8461] Kenya K000316988 No
Jul 21, 1977 Cunningham-van Someren, G.R. [5] Kenya K000316984 No
Jul 21, 1977 Bally, P.R.O. [8461] Kenya K000316985 No
Jul 21, 1977 Someren, R.V. [447] Kenya K000316986 No
Jul 21, 1971 Tweedie [700] Kenya K000316991 No
Jul 21, 1971 Carmichael, W. [1304] Tanzania K000316994 No
Jul 21, 1971 Moreau, W.M.; Chase, R.H.W. [567] Kenya K000316993 No
Jul 21, 1971 Cunningham-van Someren, G.R. [48] Kenya K000316990 Yes
Jul 21, 1971 Moreau, W.M.; Moreau, R.E. [567] Kenya K000316992 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B5622] Kenya K:SPC-10135.000 No
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [4554] Kenya K:SPC-37848.000 No
Gilbert, M.G. [10] Kenya K:SPC-46343.000 No
Schelpe, E. Kenya K:SPC-10133.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-45632.000 No
Piers, F. [P 40] Kenya K:SPC-10137.000 No
Copley, H. [11] Kenya K:SPC-14086.000 No
Congdon, T.C.E. [432] Tanzania K000316995 No
Tweedie, E.M. [700] Kenya K:SPC-10134.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-28760.000 No
Schelpe, E. Kenya K:SPC-13459.000 No
K:SPC-29353.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-10132.000 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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