Rangaeris muscicola

Rangaeris muscicola

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: Rangaeris
Species: Rangaeris muscicola

Name

Rangaeris muscicola (Rchb.f.) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 450 (1936)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Aeranthes muscicola Rchb.f., Flora 49: 190 (1865)
• Homotypic
  • 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
  • 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), nom. illeg.
  • Aerangis batesii (Rolfe) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 599 (1915)
  • 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)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal. West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Summerhayes, V.S. 1936. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 450.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rangaeris muscicola. Accessed: 2021 Feb 6.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rangaeris muscicola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 6. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rangaeris muscicola in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Rangaeris muscicola. Published online. Accessed: 6 Feb 2021.
• The Plant List 2013. Rangaeris muscicola in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb 6.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Rangaeris muscicola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Feb 2021.

Vernacular names

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