Orchidaceae
Angraecum

Angraecum birrimense Rolfe

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 214 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 1914: 214.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11968] Cameroon K000582212 No
Jan 1, 2004 Carvalho, F.C., et al. [10265] Equatorial Guinea K000718669 No
Mar 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1915] Cameroon K000027276 No
Mar 1, 2001 Zapfack, L. [947] Cameroon K000107244 No
Mar 1, 2001 Kenfack, D. [236] Cameroon K000107266 No
Aug 1, 1999 Etuge, M. [4041] Cameroon K000107008 No
Jan 1, 1992 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [245] Cameroon K000107128 No
Jan 1, 1992 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [245] Cameroon K000107127 No
Jan 1, 1992 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [245] Cameroon K000107126 No
Jul 1, 1975 Letouzey, R. [14080] Cameroon K000107131 No
Jan 1, 1957 Forest Herbarium Ibadan [25374] Cameroon K000107132 No
Dundas J. [15301] Cameroon K000107134 No
Thomas, D.W. [7062] Cameroon K000107133 No
Cable, S. [2777] Cameroon K000105971 No
K:SPC-14094.000 No
Zapfack, L., et al. [2000] Cameroon K001243322 No
Germany K:SPC-14093.000 No
Segerback, B. [1125] Nigeria K:SPC-38018.000 No
Gregory, H. [169] Cameroon K:SPC-11963.000 No
Cable, S. [3280] Cameroon K000105969 No
Cox, J.K. Ghana K:SPC-13367.000 No
Cable, S. [23] Cameroon K000107130 No
K000306544 Type Yes
Cansdale, G.S. [116] Ghana K:SPC-13368.000 No
Miles, W.A.C. [s.n.] Ghana K000306543 Unknown Type Material Yes
Watts, J. [525] Cameroon K000107129 No
Cable, S. [2777] Cameroon K:SPC-63831.000 No
Gillett, D. [s.n.] Ghana K:SPC-14091.000 No
Gassner, A. Nigeria K:SPC-40991.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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