Ancistrorhynchus (Orchidaceae)

Ancistrorhynchus metteniae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Ancistrorhynchus

Overview of species (17)

A. akeassiae – A. brevifolius – A. capitatus – A. cephalotes – A. clandestinus – A. crystalensis – A. laxiflorus – A. metteniae – A. ovatus – A. parviflorus – A. paysanii – A. recurvus – A. refractus – A. schumannii – A. serratus – A. straussii – A. tenuicaulis

Name

Ancistrorhynchus Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54(9): 44 (1907).

• Type species: Ancistrorhynchus brevifolius Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54(9): 45 (1907)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Cephalangraecum Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 135 (1918).
  • Phormangis Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 103 (1918).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Malawi. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Finet, A.E. 1907. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 9: 44.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 353 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ancistrorhynchus. Accessed: 2022 Sep 19.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ancistrorhynchus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ancistrorhynchus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ancistrorhynchus. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sep 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. 19. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sep 2022.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Анцистроринхус
коми: Анцистроринхус
мокшень: Анцистроринхус
олык марий: Анцистроринхус
кырык мары: Анцистроринхус

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