Ansellia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Ansellia']

suomi: Leopardikämmekkä
Hausa: Murucin doka
перем коми: Анселлия
коми: Анселлия
lietuvių: Anzelija
мокшень: Анселлия
олык марий: Анселлий
кырык мары: Анселли
удмурт: Анселлия
中文: 豹斑兰属

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Cymbidiinae • Genus: Ansellia Lindl. (1844)

Genus Ansellia Lindl. (1844)

1 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist'):

Monotypic taxon

Ansellia africana

Native distribution areas

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

Continental: Africa
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Sudan.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.

References

Description of taxon

Lindley, J. (1844) Edwards's Botanical Register, 30: t. 12.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198507130

Selected Weblinks

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