Orchidaceae
Aerangis

Aerangis oligantha Schltr.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 599 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Tanzania to N. Malawi. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malawi, Tanzania

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • la Croix, I. (2014). Aerangis. Exquisite African orchids to discover, identify and grow: 1-200. Tiber Press, Portland, Oregon. [Cited as Aerangis lacroixiae.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J. Stewart in Kew Bulletin 34: 302 (1979).
  • Schltr. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 599 (1915).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 22, 1976 Cribb, P.J.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10603] Tanzania K000385048 No
Jun 22, 1976 Cribb, P.J.; Grey-Wilson, C. [10667] Tanzania K000385045 No
Jul 7, 1970 Pollock, H.W.D.; Moreau, W.M. [748] Tanzania K000385047 No
Moreau [748] Tanzania K:SPC-32414.000 No
Greenway, P.J.; Brenan, J.P.M. [8262] Tanzania K000385046 No
La Croix, I.F. [1059] Malawi K000385043 No
Leedal [285] Tanzania K:SPC-34182.000 No
Johnston-Stewart, N.C.B. [494] Malawi K000385042 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [2611] Tanzania K000385044 Yes
Stolz, A. [2399] Tanzania K000306377 Type Yes

Sources

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0