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Angraecum calceolus

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Name

Identification
Angraecum calceolus Thouars [family ORCHIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Angraecum rhopaloceras
  • Angraecum calceolus

Flora

Entry for Angraecum calceolus Thouars [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 11, Part 2, (1998) Author: I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
Names
Angraecum anocentrum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 342 (1899). Type: Mozambique. Massinga, R. Schlechter s.n. (B†).
Angraecum rhopaloceras Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 338 (1925). Type from Madagascar.
Angraecum calceolus Thouars [family ORCHIDACEAE], Hist. Orchid. [Fl. Iles Austr. Afr.]: t. 77 (1822). —H. Perrier in Fl. Madag., fam. 49, Orchidées 2: 252 (1941). Type from Mascarene Islands.
Aeranthus calceolus Thouars S. Moore [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Baker, Fl. Mauritius & Seychelles: 353 (1877).
Epidorchis calceolus Thouars Kuntze [family ORCHIDACEAE], Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891).
Mystacidium calceolus Thouars Cordem. [family ORCHIDACEAE], Fl. Réunion: 220 (1895).
Macroplectron calceolus Thouars Finet [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Bot. France, No. 9: 31 (1907).
Information
Erect epiphytic herb with a woody stem to c. 9 cm long.Roots numerous, c. 1.5 mm in diameter.Leaves up to 16, 17–22 × 1.5–2.5 cm, ligulate, narrowing to a petiole-like base, and very unequally 2-lobed at the apex with one lobe almost absent, the other c. 6 mm long and obtuse.Young leaf sheaths sometimes with dark spots.Inflorescences 15–24 cm long, up to 5-branched, each branch several-flowered.Flowers pale yellow-green, thin-textured.Pedicel and ovary 5–6 mm long; bracts c. 2 mm long.Dorsal sepal 7–8 × 2–4 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate; lateral sepals c. 8 × 1.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, rather oblique.Petals 6 × 1.5–3 mm, lanceolate, acuminate.Lip c. 7 × 3 mm, including an acumen 2 mm long, very concave, ovate, acuminate; spur 12 mm long, slender, slightly swollen near apex, often ascending.Column very short.
Habitat
Forest near coast
Altitude range
30–60 m.
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Distribution
Mozambique MS Amatongas forest, near Dondo, 60 m, fl. 1.iv.1961, Ball 899 (K; SRGH).Mozambique GI Inhambane Distr., near Massinga, 30 m, fl. ii.1898, Schlechter s.n. (B†). Type of A. anocentrum.
Distribution (external)
Madagascar
Mascarene Islands
Comoro Islands
Seychelles

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