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Angraecum conchiferum |
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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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Arachnangraecum
Schltr.
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Species
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Angraecum conchiferum
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Authority
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Lindl.
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Source
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in Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 205 (1837). -Bolus, Icon. Orchid. Austro-Afric. 2: t.
4 (1911).
-Rolfe in F.C. 5, 3: 70 (1912).
-Schlechter in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, abt. 2: 170 (1918).
-Summerhayes in Kew Bull. 13: 275 (1958).
-Goodier & Phipps in Kirkia 1: 54 (1961).
-Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 229 (1968).
-Morris, Epiphyt. Orch. Malawi: 83 (1970).
-Grosvenor in Excelsa 6: 78 (1976).
-Ball, South. African Epiphyt. Orch.: 256 (1978).
-Stewart et al., Wild Orch. South. Africa: 256 (1982).
-Cribb in F.T.E.A., Orchidaceae: 500 (1989).
-la Croix et al., Orch. Malawi: 238 (1991).
-Stewart, Orch. Kenya: 17 (1996). TAB. 126. Type from South Africa.
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Synonyms
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Angorkis conchifera (Lindl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891).
Angraecum scabripes Kraenzl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 73 (1902). Type from
Tanzania.
Angraecum verrucosum Rendle in J. Bot. 33: 250 (1895). Type: Malawi, Mt.
Mulanje, Whyte (BM, holotype).
Mystacidium verrucosum (Rendle) Rolfe in F.T.A. 7: 171 (1897).
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Etymology
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Distribution
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Malawi S: Zomba Mt., near summit, 1900 m, fl. 4.x.1986, Linder 3929 (K;
PRE); Mulanje Mt., Lichenya Plateau, 1860 m, fl. 18.ix.1970, Pawek 3883 (K).
Mozambique MS: Chimanimani Mts., Valley of the Wizards, fl.
29.viii.1964, Whellan 2144 (SRGH).
Zimbabwe E: Chimanimani Mts., Mt. Peza, 1800 m, fl. 15.x.1950, Wild
3622 (SRGH).
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Range
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Kenya; South Africa; Tanzania
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Altitude
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1800-1900 m
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Habitat
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Montane evergreen forest
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Life Form
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Epiphytic or lithophytic
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Flowers
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16-30 × 2-4 mm
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Flowering time
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Sep-Oct
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Fragrance
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Description
Epiphytic herb; stem elongated, to c. 60 cm long, often branched.Roots 1-2 mm
in diameter, grey, verrucose.Basal part of stem covered with old leaf sheaths,
black-dotted. Leaves several, borne towards apex of the stem, distichous, dark
green, 4-6 cm × 4-7 mm, linear, unequally and obtusely 2-lobed at the apex.
Inflorescences arising opposite leaf axis, 1-2-flowered.Peduncle c. 25 mm long;
pedicel and ovary c. 20 mm long; bracts 1.5-5 mm long.Flowers white.Sepals and
petals 16-30 × 2-4 mm, linear-lanceolate, long acuminate.Lip 9-11 × 10-12 mm,
very concave with a central keel, sub-orbicular with an apiculum 3.5-9 mm long;
spur tapering, 3-5 cm long.Column 2-3 mm long.
Links
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