Ansellia

Ansellia africana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Cymbidieae
Subtribus: Cymbidiinae
Genus: Ansellia
Species: A. africana

Name

Ansellia Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30: t. 12 (1844)

• monotypic taxon

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, TanzanIsle, Uganda. Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, ZambIsle, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, NamibIsle, Northern Provinces, Swaziland. West Tropical Africa BenIsle, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, LiberIsle, NigerIsle, Sierra Leone. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African RepublIsle, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. (1844) Edwards's Botanical Register, 30: t. 12.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 5: Epidendroideae (Part two); page 52 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850713-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ansellia. Accessed: 2022 Sep 19.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ansellia 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. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ansellia 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. Ansellia. 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. Ansellia. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sep 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Ansellia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sep 2022.

Vernacular names

中文: 豹斑兰属

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