Biology:List of Angraecum species

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Flowering Angraecum didieri

Angraecum is a genus of orchids (Orchidaceae), containing about 220 species. They are commonly known as comet orchids. Most live in the African region, many on Madagascar , and some elsewhere around the western Indian Ocean.

A

• Angraecum acutipetalum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum affine (WC Tropical Africa to Uganda)
• Angraecum alleizettei (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum aloifolium (NW Madagascar)
• Angraecum ambrense (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum amplexicaule (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum ampullaceum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum andasibeense (N & C Madagascar)
• Angraecum andringitranum (SE Madagascar)
• Angraecum angustipetalum (W & WC Tropical Africa to Malawi)
• Angraecum ankeranense (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum aporoides (Nigeria to WC Tropical Africa)
• Angraecum appendiculoides (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum arachnites Schltr. (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum astroarche (São Tomé)
• Angraecum atlanticum (Eq. Guinea & Gabon)
• Angraecum aviceps (N Madagascar)

B

Angraecum borbonicum

• Angraecum bancoense (Ivory Coast, Cameroon)
• Angraecum baronii (N & C Madagascar)
• Angraecum bemarivoense (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum bicallosum (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum birrimense (W & WC Tropical Africa)
• Angraecum borbonicum (Réunion)
• Angraecum brachyrhopalon (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum bracteosum (Réunion)
• Angraecum breve (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum brevicornu (NE Tanzania)

C

Angraecum crassum parts drawing

• Angraecum cadetii (Mauritius, Réunion)
• Angraecum calceolus (Mozambique to W Indian Ocean)
• Angraecum caricifolium (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum caulescens (Mascarenes, Madagascar)
• Angraecum chaetopodum (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum chamaeanthus (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
• Angraecum chermozoni (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum chimanimaniense (Zimbabwe)
• Angraecum chloranthum (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum cilaosianum (Réunion)
• Angraecum claessensii (W Tropical Africa to Congo)
• Angraecum clareae (Madagascar)
• Angraecum clavigerum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum compactum Schltr. (Madagascar)
• Angraecum compressicaule (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum conchiferum (Kenya to S Africa)
• Angraecum cordemoyi (Réunion)
• Angraecum coriaceum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum cornigerum (Réunion)
• Angraecum cornucopiae (Madagascar)
• Angraecum corynoceras (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum costatum (Mascarenes)
• Angraecum coutrixii (SE Madagascar)
• Angraecum crassifolium (Réunion)
• Angraecum crassum (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum cribbianum (Gabon)
• Angraecum cucullatum (Réunion)
• Angraecum cultriforme (Kenya to NE KwaZulu-Natal)
• Angraecum curvicalcar (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum curvicaule (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum curvipes (Cameroon)

D

Angraecum distichum

• Angraecum danguyanum (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum dasycarpum (E Madagascar)
• Angraecum dauphinense (SW Madagascar)
• Angraecum decaryanum (SW Madagascar)
• Angraecum decipiens (Kenya to N Tanzania)
• Angraecum dendrobiopsis (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum didieri (Madagascar)
• Angraecum distichum (W Tropical Africa to Angola and Uganda)
• Angraecum dives (Socotra, SW Somalia to Tanzania)
• Angraecum dollii (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum doratophyllum (São Tomé, Príncipe)
• Angraecum drouhardii (N. Madagascar)
• Angraecum dryadum (Madagascar)

E

Angraecum eburneum

• Angraecum eburneum (SE Kenya to E Tanzania, Pemba, Zanzibar, W Indian Ocean)
  • Angraecum eburneum ssp. eburneum (W Indian Ocean)
  • Angraecum eburneum ssp. giryamae (SE Kenya to E Tanzania, Pemba, Zanzibar)
  • Angraecum eburneum ssp. superbum (Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar)
  • Angraecum eburneum ssp. xerophilum (SW Madagascar)
  • Angraecum eburneum var. longicalcar
• Angraecum egertonii (S Nigeria to Gabon)
• Angraecum eichlerianum (Nigeria to Angola)
  • Angraecum eichlerianum var. curvicalcaratum (Cameroon)
  • Angraecum eichlerianum var. eichlerianum (Nigeria to Angola)
• Angraecum elephantinum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum elliotii (Madagascar)
• Angraecum equitans (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum erectum (E Tropical Africa to Zambia)
• Angraecum expansum (Réunion)
  • Angraecum expansum ssp. expansum (Réunion)
  • Angraecum expansum ssp. inflatum (Réunion)

F

• Angraecum falcifolium (SE Madagascar)
• Angraecum ferkoanum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum filicornu (Mascarenes, Madagascar)
• Angraecum firthii (Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya)
• Angraecum flavidum (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum floribundum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum florulentum (Comoros)

G

Angraecum germinyanum

• Angraecum gabonense (WC Trop. Africa)
• Angraecum geniculatum (W Zambia)
• Angraecum germinyanum (Mascarenes, Comoros, Madagascar)
• Angraecum guillauminii (Madagascar)

H

• Angraecum hermannii (Réunion)
• Angraecum humbertii (SW Madagascar)
• Angraecum humblotianum (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum humile (Rwanda to Zimbabwe)
• Angraecum huntleyoides (NE Madagascar)

I

Angraecum infundibulare flower

• Angraecum imerinense (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum implicatum (Réunion, Madagascar)
• Angraecum inapertum (Mascarenes, Madagascar)
• Angraecum infundibulare (Nigeria to E Tropical Africa)

K

• Angraecum keniae (Kenya)
• Angraecum kranzlinianum (N & NE Madagascar)

L

• Angraecum laggiarae (Madagascar)
• Angraecum lecomtei (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum leonis (Comoros, Madagascar)
• Angraecum letouzeyi (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum liliodorum (Réunion)
• Angraecum linearifolium (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum lisowskianum (Nigeria to Equatorial Guinea)
• Angraecum litorale (Madagascar)
• Angraecum longicalcar (Madagascar)
• Angraecum longicaule (Madagascar)
• Angraecum longinode (Réunion)

M

• Angraecum macilentum (Réunion)
• Angraecum madagascariense (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum magdalenae (Madagascar)
  • Angraecum magdalenae var. latiilabellum (N Madagascar)
  • Angraecum magdalenae var. magdalenae (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum mahavavense (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum mauritianum (Mascarenes, Madagascar)
• Angraecum meirax (Comoros, Madagascar)
• Angraecum melanostictum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum metallicum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum microcharis (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum minus (Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
• Angraecum minutum (Réunion)
• Angraecum mirabile (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum moandense (W Trop Africa to Uganda)
• Angraecum modicum (Liberia)
• Angraecum mofakoko (Congo)
• Angraecum moratii (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum multiflorum (W Indian Ocean)
• Angraecum multinominatum (W Tropical Africa to Gabon)
• Angraecum muscicolum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum musculiferum (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum myrianthum (SW Madagascar)

N

• Angraecum nanum (Mascarenes)
• Angraecum nasutum (N Madagascar)

O

• Angraecum oberonia (Mascarenes)
• Angraecum obesum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum oblongifolium (SE Madagascar)
• Angraecum obversifolium (Mascarenes)
• Angraecum ochraceum (SE Madagascar)
• Angraecum onivense (C Madagascar)

P

• Angraecum palmicolum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum palmiforme (Mascarenes)
• Angraecum panicifolium (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum parvulum (Mascarenes)
• Angraecum pauciramosum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum pectinatum (Mascarenes, Comoros, Madagascar)
• Angraecum penzigianum (SE Madagascar)
• Angraecum pergracile (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum perhumile (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum perparvulum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum petterssonianum (W Rwanda)
• Angraecum peyrotii (Madagascar)
• Angraecum pingue (Mascarenes)
• Angraecum pinifolium (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum platycornu (Madagascar)
• Angraecum podochiloides (W & WC Tropical Africa)
• Angraecum popowii (Madagascar)
• Angraecum potamophilum (NW Madagascar)
• Angraecum praestans Schltr. (Madagascar)
• Angraecum protensum (SE Madagascar)
• Angraecum pseudodidieri (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum pseudopetiolatum (Réunion)
• Angraecum pseuofilicornu (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum pterophyllum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum pumilio (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum pungens (Nigeria to WC Tropical Africa)
• Angraecum pusillum (E Zimbabwe to S Africa)
• Angraecum pyriforme

R

• Angraecum ramosum (Mascarenes)
• Angraecum ramulicolum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum reygaertii (Cameroon to Uganda)
• Angraecum rhizanthium (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum rhizomaniacum (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum rhynchoglossum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum rigidifolium (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum rostratum (SE Madagascar)
• Angraecum rubellum (NE Madagascar)
• Angraecum rutenbergianum (Madagascar)

S

Angraecum sesquipedale flowers

Angraecum scottianum flower

• Angraecum sacciferum (São Tomé to Kenya and S Africa)
• Angraecum sacculatum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum salazianum (Réunion)
• Angraecum sambiranoense (N & C Madagascar)
• Angraecum sanfordii
• Angraecum scalariforme (N Madagascar, Comoros)
• Angraecum scottianum (Comoros)
• Angraecum sedifolium (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum serpens (Madagascar)
• Angraecum sesquipedale (E & S Madagascar)
  • Angraecum sesquipedale var. angustifolium (SW Madagascar)
  • Angraecum sesquipedale var. sesquipedale (E & S Madagascar)
• Angraecum sesquisectangulum (Madagascar)
• Angraecum setipes (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum sinuatiflorum (SE Madagascar)
• Angraecum sororium (Madagascar)
• Angraecum spectabile (NW Tanzania)
• Angraecum spicatum (Réunion)
• Angraecum stella-africae (Malawi to Transvaal)
• Angraecum sterrophyllum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum stolzii (Tanzania to Zambia)
• Angraecum striatum (Réunion)
• Angraecum subulatum (W & WC Tropical Africa)

T

• Angraecum tamarindicolum
• Angraecum tenellum (Réunion, Madagascar)
• Angraecum tenuifolium (Réunion)
• Angraecum tenuipes (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum tenuispica (Madagascar)
• Angraecum teres (Tanzania)
• Angraecum teretifolium (Madagascar)
• Angraecum triangulifolium (Madagascar)
• Angraecum trichoplectron (Madagascar)
• Angraecum triquetrum (Mascarenes)

U

• Angraecum umbrosum (Malawi)
• Angraecum undulatum (Mascarenes)
• Angraecum urschianum (NE Madagascar)

V

• Angraecum verecundum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum vesiculatum (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum vesiculiferum (C Madagascar)
• Angraecum viguieri (Madagascar)
• Angraecum viride (Tanzania)
• Angraecum viridiflorum (Réunion)

X

• Angraecum xylopus (Comoros)

Y

• Angraecum yuccifolium (Mauritius)

Z

• Angraecum zaratananae (N Madagascar)
• Angraecum zeylanicum (Mahé, Sri Lanka)