Rangaeris

Rangaeris muscicola

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: Rangaeris

Overview of species (3)

R. longicaudata – R. muscicola – R. trilobata

Name

Rangaeris (Schltr.) Summerh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 227 (1936)

• Type species: Rangaeris trilobata Summerh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 229 (1936)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Leptocentrum Schltr., Die Orchideen: 600 (1914)
  • Barombiella Szlach., Ann. Bot. Fenn. 40: 69 (2003)
  • Neowolffia O.Gruss, Orchid. Atlas: 239 (2007)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone. West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 427 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  
• Summerhayes, V.S. 1936. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 227.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rangaeris. Accessed: 2021 Feb 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rangaeris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 27. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rangaeris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Rangaeris. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Rangaeris. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Rangaeris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb 2021.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Рангэрис
中文: 双船兰属

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