Angraecum eburneum

Angraecum eburneum

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: Angraecum
Species: Angraecum eburneum
Subspecies: (4)
A. e. subsp. eburneum – A. e. subsp. giryamae – A. e. subsp. superbum – A. e. subsp. xerophilum

Name

Angraecum eburneum Bory, Voy. Iles Afrique 1: 359, t. 19 (1804).

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Angorkis eburnangis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: Tabl. Angorkis (1809).
• Homotypic
  • Angorkis eburnea (Bory) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891)
  • Limodorum eburneum (Bory) Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 125 (1805)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Western Indian Ocean Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. 1804. Voyage dans les Quatre Principales Iles des mers d'Afrique. 1: 1–412. Gallica Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 358 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Angraecum eburneum. Accessed: 2023 Jan 3.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Angraecum eburneum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 Jan 3. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Angraecum eburneum. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 Jan 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Angraecum eburneum. Published online. Accessed 3 Jan 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Angraecum eburneum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 3 Jan 2023.

Vernacular names

中文: 象牙慧星兰, 白唇武夷兰, 白唇彗星兰

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