Various botanists have revised the genus Angraecum and tried to divide it into sections. In 1973, the American botanist Leslie Garay has proposed to divide the genus Angraecum in 19 sections. His work is still a reference: 7 sections are strictly endemic to Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands. 10 sections are common to Madagascar and Continental Africa. 2 sections are only found in Continental Africa [Systematics of the Genus Angraecum (Orchidaceae), Kew Bulletin (1973)]:

Acaulia   Afrangraecum   Angraecoides   Angraecum   Arachnangraecum   Boryangraecum   Chlorangraecum   Conchoglossum   Dolabrifolia   Filangis   Gomphocentrum   Hadrangis   Humblotiangraecum   Lemurangis   Lepervenchea   Nana   Pectinaria   Perrierangraecum   Pseudojumellea

Name

Authority

Distribution

Number sp.

Description

Species

Acaulia

Garay

Madagascar

6

small yellow-green flowers

- Angraecum pergracile Schltr. (1925)
- Angraecum rhynchoglossum

Dolabrifolia

(Pfitzer) Garay

Africa

4

- purely African section
- small fleshy leaves,
- very small white flowers

- Angraecum aporoides Summerh.
- Angraecum bancoense Berg
- Angraecum distichum Lindl.
- Angraecum podochiloides Schltr.

Pectinaria

(Benth.) Schltr.

Madagascar, Africa , Comoros, Mascarenes

7

- Angraecum dasycarpum Schltr.
- Angraecum doratophyllum Summerh.
- Angraecum gabonense Summerh.
- Angraecum humblotianum (Finet) Schltr. (1915)
- Angraecum pectinatum Thou
- Angraecum pungens Schltr.
- Angraecum subulatum Lindl.

Perrierangraecum

Schltr.

mainly Madagascar

~ 30

- Angraecum ambrense H.Perrier
- Angraecum ankeranense H. Perrier
- Angraecum bicallosum H.Perrier
- Angraecum breve Schltr.
- Angraecum compactum Schltr.
- Angraecum didieri Baill.
- Angraecum dollii Senghas. 1997
- Angraecum dryadum Schltr.
- Angraecum drouhardii H.Perrier 1938
- Angraecum elephantinum Schltr.
- Angraecum equitans Schltr.
- Angraecum litorale Schltr.
- Angraecum obesum H.Perrier 1938
- Angraecum rutenbergianum Kraenzl.
- Angraecum urschianum Toill-Gen. & Bosser

Conchoglossum

Schltr.

Madagascar and Africa

~10

- long stems,
-numerous inflorescences with 1 or 2 small flowers

- Angraecum erectum Summerh.

Filangis

Garay

7

- Angraecum amplexicaule Toill.-Gen. & Bosser
- Angraecum filicornu Thou. 1822

Angraecoides

(Cordem) Garay
in Kew Bull. 28: 500 (1973).

9-11

Inflorescences 1-flowered.Peduncle prominent, slender, normally much longer than the internodes, covered at the base with 1-2 appressed sheaths. Flowers small, commonly green or greenish-yellow or rarely white.Lip with a cylindrical or clavate spur.Ovary pedicellate, terete

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- Angraecum chermezoni H.Perrier
- Angraecum clavigerum Ridl.
- Angraecum elliotii Rolfe 1891
- Angraecum moandense Summerh.
- Angraecum sedifolium Schltr. (1925)

Pseudojumellea

Schltr.

Madagascar, Mascarenes

2

- Angraecum coutrixii Bosser
- Angraecum mauritianum Frapp.

Arachnangraecum

 Schltr.

Madagascar, Africa, Mascarenes

17 species
1 sub-species
5 varieties

all species of this section are interesting with the exception of one

- Angraecum ampullaceum Bosser
- Angraecum birrimense Rolfe
- Angraecum conchiferum
- Angraecum eichlerianum Kraenzl.
- Angraecum germinyanum Hook.f.
- Angraecum humberti H.Perrier 1939
- Angraecum infundibulare Schltr.
- Angraecum mirabile Schltr.
- Angraecum platycornu Hermans,P.J.Cribb, Bosser (2002)
- Angraecum popowii Braem ( description 1991 )
- Angraecum pseudofilicornu H.Perrier (1938)
- Angraecum teretifolium Ridl. (1885)
- Angraecum viguieri Schltr.

Gomphocentrum

(Benth.) Garay

Madagascar, Africa, Mascarenes

~20 species
2 varieties

small green flowers

- Angraecum acutipetalum Schltr.
- Angraecum andringitranum Schltr.
- Angraecum calceolus Thou.
- Angraecum caulescens Thou.
- Angraecum cornucopiae H.Perrier

Lepervenchea

(Cordem.) Schltr.

Madagascar

8

- Angraecum appendiculoides Schltr. (1922)

Lemurangis

Garay

9

- Angraecum alleizettei Schltr.
- Angraecum falcifolium Bosser 1970
- Angraecum madagascariense Schltr. 1901

Nana

(Cordem) Garay

20

very small translucid flowers

- Angraecum andasibeense H.Perrier
- Angraecum tenellum (Ridl.) Schltr.

Boryangraecum

Schltr.
in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 308 (1925).

4 (5) ?

Inflorescences several-flowered, more or less laxly racemose.Flowers arranged all around the rhachis, not secund, rarely reduced to a single flower in certain individual plants through arrested development.Flowers thin-textured, small or rarely medium-sized.Stems hardly developed, mostly apparently absent.

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- Angraecum aviceps Schltr.
- Angraecum floribundum Bosser
- Angraecum geniculatum G. Will.
- Angraecum pinifolium Bosser. (1970)
- Angraecum sacciferum
- Angraecum teres
- Angraecum vesiculiferum Schltr. (1925)
- Angraecum xylopus

Chlorangraecum

Schltr.

Madagascar,
Comoros

5 to 6

very short, nearly not existing stems

- Angraecum chloranthum Schltr.
- Angraecum ferkoanum Schltr.
- Angraecum scottianum Rchb.f.

Hadrangis

Schltr.

Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes

- short inflorescences,
- several flowers with very thick texture

- Angraecum bracteosum Balf.f. & S.Moore
- Angraecum cadetii Bosser
- Angraecum striatum Thou.

Humblotiangraecum

Schltr.

Madagascar, Comores

6 species
1 variety

- short or non-existing stem
- divided inflorescence with several long lasting flowers
- thick flowers, fine long spur
- strong, sweet ("Jasmin"-like) fragrance

- Angraecum leonis (Rchb.f.) Veitch
- Angraecum aloifolium Hermans. & P.J.Cribb 1997
- Angraecum florulentum Rchb.f.
- Angraecum magdalenae Schltr.
- Angraecum magdalenae var latilabelum Bosser. 1965
- Angraecum mahavavense H.Perrier
- Angraecum praestans Schltr.
- Angraecum mahavavense H.Perrier

Afrangraecum

Summerh.

Continental Africa

~10

- interesting plants with
- long inflorescences with
- several thick, medium.sized flowers
- only one is known to be cultivated:

- Angraecum affine Schltr.
- Angraecum astroarche Ridl.
- Angraecum reygaertii De Wild.

Angraecum

Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Comoros
a single one on the African continent

~12 species
4 sub-species
2 varieties

- the most spectacular species
- mostly big size,
- long inflorescences
- several wax-like flowers, often big, white or greenish

- Angraecum crassum Thou.
- Angraecum dendrobiopsis (Baill. ex Finet) Schltr. (1925)
- Angraecum eburneum Bory
- Angraecum eburneum subsp. superbum Thou.
- Angraecum eburneum subsp xerophilum H.Perrier 1938
- Angraecum penzigianum Schltr. 1925
- Angraecum protensum Schltr.
- Angraecum sesquipedale var.angustifolium Bosser & Morat (previously Angraecum bosseri)
- Angraecum sesquipedale
- Angraecum sororium Schltr.