Aerangis kotschyana

Aerangis kotschyana

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Aerangis
Species: Aerangis kotschyana

Name edit

Aerangis kotschyana (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 118 (1918).

Synonymy edit

  • Basionym
    • Angraecum kotschyanum Rchb.f., Oesterr. Bot. Z.: 338 (1864).
  • Homotypic
    • Angraecum kotschyi Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 14: 456 (1880), nom. illeg.
    • Aerangis kotschyi Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 78 (1881), nom. illeg.
    • Rhaphidorhynchus kotschyi Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54(9): 36 (1907), nom. illeg.
  • Heterotypic
    • Angraecum grantii Bateman ex Baker, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 153 (1875).
    • Angraecum semipedale Rendle, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 389 (1895).
    • Aerangis grantii (Bateman ex Baker) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 116 (1918).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia, Sudan.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
    • Southern Africa
      • KwaZulu-Natal.
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Zaire.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Schlechter, F.R.R. (1918) Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 36 (2): 118.

Additional references edit

  • Joyce Stewart et al. (2006) Angrecoid Orchids. Timber Press Eds., Portland, OR, USA

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Kotschy's Aerangis
español: Arengis de Kotschy

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