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Angraecopsis Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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
Angraecopsis Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 171 (1900). —Schlechter, Die Orchideen: 600 (1914); in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 139 (1918). —H. Perrier in Fl. Madag., fam. 49, Orchidées 2: 80 (1941). —Summerhayes in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 14: 242–261 (1951).
Holmesia P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 32: 175 (1977), non J. Agardh (1890).
Microholmesia P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Mabberley, The Plant Book: 371 (1987).
Information
Small, epiphytic, monopodial herbs.Leaves distichous, ligulate to oblanceolate, often falcate, unequally 2-lobed at the apex.Inflorescences axillary, racemose, few- to many-flowered.Flowers small, white, green or yellow, with a relatively long pedicel.Bracts small, sheathing at the base.Lateral sepals often oblanceolate and asymmetric at the base, usually longer than the dorsal sepal.Petals usually smaller, triangular, often adnate to lateral sepals at the base.Lip entire or 3-lobed, ecallose, spurred.Column short; rostellum 3-lobed or bifid; pollinia 2, stipites 2; viscidia 2, rarely 1.
Range
A genus of about 15 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and Mascarene Islands, with 7 species in the Flora Zambesiaca area.
Notes
Summerhayes, in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 14: 242–261 (1951), divided the genus into 3 sections, each of which is represented in the Flora Zambesiaca area.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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
Angraecopsis Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 171 (1900). —Schlechter, Die Orchideen: 600 (1914); in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 139 (1918). —H. Perrier in Fl. Madag., fam. 49, Orchidées 2: 80 (1941). —Summerhayes in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 14: 242–261 (1951).
Holmesia P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 32: 175 (1977), non J. Agardh (1890).
Microholmesia P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Mabberley, The Plant Book: 371 (1987).
Information
Small, epiphytic, monopodial herbs.Leaves distichous, ligulate to oblanceolate, often falcate, unequally 2-lobed at the apex.Inflorescences axillary, racemose, few- to many-flowered.Flowers small, white, green or yellow, with a relatively long pedicel.Bracts small, sheathing at the base.Lateral sepals often oblanceolate and asymmetric at the base, usually longer than the dorsal sepal.Petals usually smaller, triangular, often adnate to lateral sepals at the base.Lip entire or 3-lobed, ecallose, spurred.Column short; rostellum 3-lobed or bifid; pollinia 2, stipites 2; viscidia 2, rarely 1.
Range
A genus of about 15 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and Mascarene Islands, with 7 species in the Flora Zambesiaca area.
Notes
Summerhayes, in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 14: 242–261 (1951), divided the genus into 3 sections, each of which is represented in the Flora Zambesiaca area.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
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
Angraecopsis Kraenzl. [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 171 (1900). —Schlechter, Die Orchideen: 600 (1914); in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 139 (1918). —H. Perrier in Fl. Madag., fam. 49, Orchidées 2: 80 (1941). —Summerhayes in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 14: 242–261 (1951).
Holmesia P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 32: 175 (1977), non J. Agardh (1890).
Microholmesia P.J. Cribb [family ORCHIDACEAE], in Mabberley, The Plant Book: 371 (1987).
Information
Small, epiphytic, monopodial herbs.Leaves distichous, ligulate to oblanceolate, often falcate, unequally 2-lobed at the apex.Inflorescences axillary, racemose, few- to many-flowered.Flowers small, white, green or yellow, with a relatively long pedicel.Bracts small, sheathing at the base.Lateral sepals often oblanceolate and asymmetric at the base, usually longer than the dorsal sepal.Petals usually smaller, triangular, often adnate to lateral sepals at the base.Lip entire or 3-lobed, ecallose, spurred.Column short; rostellum 3-lobed or bifid; pollinia 2, stipites 2; viscidia 2, rarely 1.
Range
A genus of about 15 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and Mascarene Islands, with 7 species in the Flora Zambesiaca area.
Notes
Summerhayes, in Bot. Mus. Leafl. [Harv. Univ.] 14: 242–261 (1951), divided the genus into 3 sections, each of which is represented in the Flora Zambesiaca area.
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