Orchidaceae
Angraecopsis

Angraecopsis lovettii P.J.Cribb

First published in Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Orchid.(3): 601 (1989)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania (Image Mt.). It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Orchidaceae, V. S. Summerhayes. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1968

Morphology General Habit
A dwarf epiphyte with a very short stem up to 0.5 cm. long.
Morphology Roots
Roots wiry, 0.5 mm. in diameter.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3–5, linear-ligulate to oblanceolate, unequally roundly bilobed at the apex, 2–2.75 cm. long, 3–4 mm. wide, twisted to lie in one plane at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences secund, less than 2.5 cm. long, 4–8-flowered; peduncle 4–9 mm. long; bracts amplexicaul, ovate-triangular, acute, 0.5–0.8 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers tiny, pale greenish white, all segments somewhat recurved; pedicel and ovary 3–5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Dorsal sepal elliptic-oblong, acute to obtuse, 3 mm. long, 1 mm. wide; lateral sepals obliquely narrowly elliptic, acute to obtuse, 3 mm. long, 1 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals oblong-elliptic, acute, 2.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Labellum
Lip slighdy recurved, ovate, acute and fleshy at the apex, 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Spur
Spur slightly incurved, clavate, 1–2 mm. long, notched at the apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
Column 0.5 mm. long; rostellum 3-lobed, with papillate side lobes produced above and below into acute tips and mid-lobe pendent and acute; pollinia 2; stipites 2, linear; viscidia 2, narrowly elliptic.
Habitat
Epiphyte in montane forest; 2000–2300 m.
Distribution
T7 known only from the above collections
[FTEA]

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

  • 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