Orchidaceae
Angraecum

Angraecum distichum Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1781 (1835)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and N. Angola. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • Szlachetko, D. & Kowalkoska, A. (2007). Contributions to the orchid flora of Guinea, West Africa. Polish Botanical Studies 25: 1-259.
  • 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

  • Cat. Talb. 146.
  • in Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1781 (1836)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Simo-Droissaert, M. & al. (2016). A taxonomic revision of Angraecum section Dolabrifolia (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) with the description of a new speies from Gabon. Phytotaxa 280: 81-115.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 21, t. 1781 (1836).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 230 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 254 (1968).
  • Summerh. in Kew Bulletin 13: 261 (1958)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 27, 2014 Segerback, B. [1191] Nigeria K:SPC-37906.000 No
Feb 27, 2014 Eggeling, W.J. [5832] Uganda K:SPC-10166.000 No
Mar 1, 2001 Pollard, B.J. [217] Cameroon K000106878 No
Jan 1, 1992 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1372] Cameroon K000107117 No
Jan 1, 1992 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1372] Cameroon K000107116 No
Jan 1, 1992 Wheatley, J.I. [484] Cameroon K000107118 No
King, D.E.S. Nigeria K:SPC-08144.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [4328] Sierra Leone K:SPC-13375.000 No
Ngongi [15090] Cameroon K000107115 No
Harris, D.J.; Fay, J.M. [751] Central African Republic K:SPC-53825.000 No
K:SPC-08146.000 No
Stevart; Pial [451] Cameroon K:SPC-71943.000 No
Adames, P. [68] Sierra Leone K:SPC-14098.000 No
Uganda K:SPC-05628.000 No
K:SPC-11986.000 No
K:SPC-11987.000 No
Scouppe, M.; Sale, K.B. [MS254] Cote d'Ivoire K000718571 No
Beentje, H.J. [1065] Cote d'Ivoire K000743765 No
Harris, D.J.; Fay, J.M. [1142] Cameroon K:SPC-53829.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda K:SPC-11985.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images