Ansellia africana

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Ansellia africana']

• English: African Ansellia
• Afrikaans: Luiperd-boomorgidee
• Nordfriisk: Ansellia
• lietuvių: Afrikinė anzelija
• polski: Anselia okazała
• 中文: 安舌兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Cymbidieae • Subtribus: Cymbidiinae • Genus: Ansellia • Species: Ansellia africana Lindl. (1844)

Synonyms

Heterotypic synonyms Ansellia gigantea Rchb.f., Linnaea 20: 673 (1847) Cymbidium sandersonii Harv., Gen. S. Afr. Pl., ed. 2: 360 (1868) Ansellia africana var. nilotica Baker, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 154 (1875) Ansellia confusa N.E.Br., Lindenia 2: 36 (1886 Ansellia congoensis Rodigas, Lindenia 2: 35 (1886) Ansellia nilotica (Baker) N.E.Br., Lindenia 2: 36 (1886) Ansellia humilis W.Bull, Cat. 1891: 3 (1891) Ansellia gigantea var. nilotica (Baker) Summerh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 462 (1937) Ansellia gigantea subsp. nilotica (Baker) Senghas, Schlechter Orchideen 1(23): 1455 (1990) Ansellia africana subsp. australis (Summerh.) Senghas in F.R.R.Schlechter, Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht., ed. 3, 1(23): 1454 (1990) Ansellia gigantea subsp. nilotica (Baker) Senghas in F.R.R.Schlechter, Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht., ed. 3, 1(23): 1455 (1990)

Monotypic taxon

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Botanical illustrations

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  plate 30 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
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  vol. 32,
  (1846)
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  plate 4965 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 83,
  (1857)
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  plate 5 in:
  Émile de Puydt:
  Les orchidées
  (1880)
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  Plate 367 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
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  plate 29 in:
  Harry Bolus:
  Orchids of South Africa
  volume II
  (1911)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland. West Tropical Africa Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Ansellia africana.