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Aerangis brachycarpa

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Name

Identification
Aerangis brachycarpa (A.Rich.) Durand & Schinz [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Aerangis brachycarpa

Flora

Entry for ANGRÆCUM brachycarpum Reichb. f. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 7, page 12, (1898) Author: (By R. A. Rolfe.)
Names
ANGRÆCUM brachycarpum Reichb. f. [family ], in Walp. Ann. iii. 573 (in note).
Dendrobium ? brachycarpum A. Rich. [family ], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 282; Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 191;
Aerangis brachycarpa Durand & Schinz [family ORCHIDACEAE], Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 50;
Angræcum bilobum Engl. [family ], Hochgeb. Trop. Afr. 187 (not of Lindl.); Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 90.
Information
Stems short, erect, 2 in. long; roots numerous. Leaves approximate, about 6, obovate-oblong, coriaceous, 2–5 1/2 in. long, 3/4–1 1/4 in. broad; apex broader and deeply bilobed; lobes very obtuse, unequal; base distinctly attenuate. Scapes lateral, naked, simple, 3 in. high; racemes 4–5-flowered. Bracts amplexicaul, very obtuse, concave, 3 lin. long. Capsule linear-oblong, 2 1/2–5 in. long, sometimes crowned with the withered perianth; the slender spur 2–3 in. long.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Wogera in subalpine valleys, Schimper, 1314! Begemeder; Valley of the River Reb, 6500 ft., Schimper, 1470!Eritrea Nile Land Ginda Valley, 3250–4900 ft., Schweinfurth, 2144!
Notes
A very distinct species, only known from fruiting specimens, and doubtfully placed as an ally of the preceding by Reichenbach.

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