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Angraecum sp.

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Angraecum sp. from Madagascar
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Name

Identification
Angraecum sp. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Angraecum sp.

Flora

Entry for Angraecum pusillum Lindl. [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 pusillum Lindl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 205 (1837). —Summerhayes in Kew Bull. 13: 263 (1958). —Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 78 (1976). —Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 259 (1982). Type from South Africa.
Angraecum burchellii Rchb.f. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Flora 50: 117 (1867). Type from South Africa.
Angraecum sp. [family ORCHIDACEAE], of Ball, South. African Epiphyt. Orch.: 50 (1978).
Information
Dwarf epiphytic herb with stem up to 10 mm long.Leaves 4–6, distichous, forming a fan; lamina 5.5–12(16) cm × 2–5 mm, linear, articulated to a leaf base.Inflorescences several, arising from base of plant, 5–10 cm long, several- to many-flowered.Flowers very small, yellow-green or white.Pedicels and ovary c. 2.5 mm long.Sepals and petals all ovate, obtuse.Dorsal sepal 1.4–1.5 × 0.8 mm; lateral sepals 1.5 × 0.7 mm.Petals 1.2–1.5 × 0.5–0.6 mm.Lip 1–1.6 × 1.1–1.5 mm, ovate, very concave; spur 1.1 mm long, saccate.Column 0.5 mm long.
Habitat
Shady forest
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., summit of “uncontoured” peak, fl. 18.xi.1975, Ball 1372 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
South Africa
Swaziland

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