Angraecopsis is a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae. It was first described by Fritz Kraenzlin in 1900 and given its name on account with the genus' similarity to Angraecum species. Angraecopsis are native to Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius and the Comoros. The growth habit is rather small and the leaves emerge from a woody stem.

Species

Angraecopsis amaniensis Summerh. - from Kenya to Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Angraecopsis breviloba Summerh. - Kenya and Tanzania

Angraecopsis cryptantha P.J.Cribb - Cameroon

Angraecopsis dolabriformis (Rolfe) Schltr. - São Tomé

Angraecopsis elliptica Summerh. - from Ivory Coast to Uganda

Angraecopsis gassneri G.Will. - Zambia

Angraecopsis gracillima (Rolfe) Summerh. - from Uganda to Zambia

Angraecopsis hallei Szlach. & Olszewski - Gabon

Angraecopsis holochila Summerh. -Uganda and Ethiopia

Angraecopsis ischnopus (Schltr.) Schltr. - Bioko, Guiana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cameroon Angraecopsis lisowskii Szlach. & Olszewski - Cameroon Angraecopsis lovettii P.J.Cribb - Tanzania Angraecopsis macrophylla Summerh. - Ivory Coast, Uganda, Ethiopia Angraecopsis malawiensis P.J.Cribb in I.F.la Croix - Malawi and Tanzania Angraecopsis parva (P.J.Cribb) P.J.Cribb - Malawi and Tanzania Angraecopsis parviflora (Thouars) Schltr. - Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion Angraecopsis pobeguinii (Finet) H.Perrier - Njazidja Angraecopsis pusilla Summerh. - Zaire (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) Angraecopsis tenerrima Kraenzl. - Tanzania Angraecopsis thomensis Stévart & P.J.Cribb - - São Tomé Angraecopsis tridens (Lindl.) Schltr. - Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon Angraecopsis trifurca (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Comoros

Angraecopsis

References

Vandeae genera

Orchids of Madagascar

Orchids of Réunion

Flora of Mauritius

Flora of the Comoros

Orchids of Africa

Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Taxa named by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin

Angraecopsis