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Angraecum clavigerum |
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Kingdom
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Plantae
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Division
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Magnoliophyta
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Class
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Liliopsida
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Order
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Asparagales
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Family
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Orchidaceae
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Subfamily
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Vandoïdeae Endlicher
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Tribe
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Vandaeae
Lindley
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Subtribe
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Angraecinae
Summerhayes
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Alliance
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Angraecum
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Genus
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Angraecum
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Genus Abreviation
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Angcm
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Common Name
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Section
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Angraecoides
(Cordem) Garay
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Species
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Angraecum clavigerum
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Sub-Species
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Authority
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Ridl
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Source
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Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. (1885) 485
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Synonyms
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Angorchis clavigera (Ridl.) Kuntze 1891
Monixus clavigera (Ridl.) Finet 1907
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Etymology
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The Club-Carrying Angraecum [refers to the swollen end of the spur of the
flower]
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Distribution
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Madagascar
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Range
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Altitude
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1500 to 2000 m
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Habitat
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Moss forests
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Life Form
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Epiphytic chamaephyte
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Flowers
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Flowering time
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Fragrance
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Found in Madagascar in moss forests at elevations of 1500 to 2000 meters as a
small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with 6 to 12 stiff, unequally
bilobed apically leaves and blooms in the summer on a single flowered, short
inflorescence.
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