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Angraecum erectum |
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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
Lindl.
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Subtribe
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Angraecinae
Summerh.
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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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Conchoglossum
Schltr.
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Species
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Angraecum erectum
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Authority
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Summerhayes
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Source
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- Summerh.
in Kew Bull. 11: 232 (1956); in op. cit. 13: 273 (1958).
- Piers, Orch. E. Africa, rev. ed.: 231 (1968).
- Williamson,
Orch. S. Centr. Africa: 179 (1977).
- Cribb in F.T.E.A.,
Orchidaceae: 500, fig. 117 (1989).
- Stewart,
Orch. Kenya: 20 (1996). Type from Kenya.
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Synonyms
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Etymology
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Distribution
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Zambia N: Mbala Distr., Chisau R. Gorge, Saisi Valley,
1500 m, fl. 18.xi.1959, Richards 11785 (K).
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Range
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Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
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Altitude
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c. 1500 m.
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Habitat
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Riverine forest
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Life Form
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Epiphytic
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Flowers
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see Description
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Flowering time
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Fragrance
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Angraecum erectum ??
Photo courtesy of and copyright(c)2004
by Kazutoshi Moriya |
Description
Epiphytic herb; stems elongate and scandent, leafy, up to 40
cm long.Roots numerous, arising opposite the leaves, long, c.
2 mm in diameter.Leaves distichous, 3-6 × 1-1.3 cm, elliptic,
unequally 2-lobed at the apex.Inflorescences arising along the
stem, opposite leaves, 1.5-3 cm long, 1-2-flowered.Pedicel and
ovary 8-10 mm long; bracts 2-3 mm long.Flowers white or greenish-white;
spur pale green.Sepals 11-14.5 × 1-5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate,
the lateral sepals somewhat falcate.Petals 10-12.7 × 1.3-4 mm,
lanceolate, acuminate.Lip 8-11 × 4-6 mm, lanceolate, acuminate,
very concave, with a raised linear callus at the base; spur 18-28
mm long, slender, straight or subsigmoid.Column 1.5-2 mm long.
Links
FZ
volume:11 part:2 (1998) Orchidaceae by I. la Croix & P.J. Cribb
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