Nephrangis

Nephrangis bertauxiana

Taxonavigation

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: Nephrangis
Species: (2)
N. bertauxiana – N. filiformis

Name

Nephrangis (Schltr.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 3: 301 (1948)

• Type species: Nephrangis filiformis (Kraenzl.) Summerh., Kew Bull. 3: 302 (1948)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Zambia. West Tropical Africa Ivory Coast, Liberia. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 415 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  
• Summerhayes, V.S. 1948. Kew Bulletin 3: 301.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Nephrangis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 December 22. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Nephrangis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 December 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Nephrangis. Published online. Accessed: 22 December 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Nephrangis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 December 22.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Nephrangis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 December 2018.

Vernacular names

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