Ancistrorhynchus

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Ancistrorhynchus']

перем коми: Анцистроринхус
коми: Анцистроринхус
мокшень: Анцистроринхус
олык марий: Анцистроринхус
кырык мары: Анцистроринхус

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Angraecinae • Genus: Ancistrorhynchus Finet (1907)

Genus Ancistrorhynchus Finet (1907)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Cephalangraecum Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 135 (1918) Phormangis Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 103 (1918)

17 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 16 March 2019):
A. akeassiae, A. brevifolius, A. capitatus, A. cephalotes, A. clandestinus, A. crystalensis, A. laxiflorus, A. metteniae, A. ovatus, A. parviflorus, A. paysanii, A. recurvus, A. refractus, A. schumannii, A. serratus, A. straussii, A. tenuicaulis

Included species (for Tropicos, 16 March 2019):

A. akeassiae, A. brevifolius, A. brunneomaculatus, A. capitatus, A. cephalotes, A. clandestinus, A. constrictus, A. crystalensis, A. durandianus, A. glomeratus, A. laxiflorus, A. metteniae, A. obovata, A. ovatus, A. parviflorus, A. paysanii, A. recurvus, A. refractus, A. schumanni, A. schumannii, A. serratus, A. stenophyllus, A. straussii, A. tenuicaulis
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Ancistrorhynchus brevifolius Finet (1907)

Ancistrorhynchus metteniae
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Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Ancistrorhynchus.

Description of taxon

Finet, A. E. (1907) Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 9: 44.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 353 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199646517

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Ancistrorhynchus.