Rangaeris muscicola

Vernacular names

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery. (No wikidata item is associated with this gallery)

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Angraecinae • Genus: Rangaeris • Species: Rangaeris muscicola (Rchb.f.) Summerh. (1936)

Synonyms

Basionym Aeranthes muscicola Rchb.f., Flora 49: 190 (1865) Homotypic synonyms Epidorkis muscicola (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891) Mystacidium muscicola (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 54 (1894) Listrostachys muscicola (Rchb.f.) Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 158 (1897) Aerangis muscicola (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 599 (1915) Heterotypic synonyms Angraecum englerianum Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 333 (1886) Listrostachys engleriana (Kraenzl.) Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 254 (1894) Mystacidium batesii Rolfe in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 172 (1897) Angraecum batesii (Rolfe) Schltr., Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped.: 283 (1900) Aerangis engleriana (Kraenzl.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 599 (1915) Aerangis falcifolia Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 598 (1915) Angraecum solheidii De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 191 (1916) Listrostachys solheidii De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 191 (1916) Aerangis mixta Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 122 (1918) Aerangis solheidii (De Wild.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 123 (1918) Listrostachys floribunda Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918: 236 (1918) Aerangis floribunda (Rolfe) Summerh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 509 (1932)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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  Labellum

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Africa West Tropical Africa Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo East Tropical Africa Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe Southern Africa South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga)

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Rangaeris muscicola.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Rangaeris muscicola