Orchidaceae
Ansellia

Ansellia africana Lindl.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30: t. 12 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Johnson, S. & Bytebier, B. (2015). Orchids of South Africa. A field guide: 1-536. Struik nature, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Lejoly, J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Flore de la Tshopo (RD Congo): Familles des Malvaceae, Orchidaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae. Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 29: 1-41.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.
  • Velayos, M. & al. (eds.) (2018). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 10: 1-491. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Bot. Reg. 1844, sub. t. 12
  • F.T.A. 7: 101.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. (2008). Orchidaceae of Ivory Coast. Ruizia 20: 1-396.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bolus, Ic. Orch. Austr.-Afr. 2, t. 29 (1911).
  • Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 30, sub t. 12 (1844).
  • Moreau in Journ. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 17: 26 (1943).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 149–164, figs. 55–64 (1968).
  • Rolfe in Flora of Tropical Africa 7: 102 (1897).
  • Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 763 (1974).
  • Summerh. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1937: 462 (1937)
  • Summerh. in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 214 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1995 Ward, C.J. [3154] South Africa K000057917 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Fuller, F.C.; Ashanti, C.C. [s.n.] Ghana K000453989 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Eggeling, W.J. [1259] Uganda K000483009 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Michelmore, A.P.G. [546] Zambia K000057812 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Thomas, A.S. [3069] Uganda K000483010 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Bullock, A.A. [1400] Zambia K000057800 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Harley, W.J. [2248] Liberia K000453990 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Angus, A. [458] Zambia K000057840 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Williamson, G. [1864] Zambia K000057845 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Morris, B. [90] Malawi K000057811 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Carvalho, M.F. [1] Mozambique K000057883 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Williams, H.J. [1] Zambia K000057823 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Welwitsch [711] Angola K000057808 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Le Testu, G.M.P.C. [8270] Gabon K000453996 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Strey, R.G. [6079] South Africa K000057923 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Goodier, R. [700] Zimbabwe K000057862 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Morze, G. [65] Zambia K000057836 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Morze, G. [63] Zambia K000057835 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Ward, C.J. [3569] South Africa K000057916 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Groenendijk, E.M.C. [698] Mozambique K000057881 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Junod, H. [281] Mozambique K000057897 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Reekmans, M. [9813] Burundi K000454000 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Martin, J.D. [348] Zambia K000057839 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Carmichael [1000] Zambia K000057820 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 s.coll. [s.n.] South Tropical Africa K001044966 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Morze, G. [64] Zambia K000057851 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Swynnerton, C.F.M. [746] Zimbabwe K000057856 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Soane, C. [195] Zimbabwe K000057872 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Morze, G. [124] Zambia K000057849 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Leach, L.C.; Bayliss, R.D. [11851] Mozambique K000057880 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Meyerhoffer, O. [7] Kenya K000483002 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Allen, S. [2601] Eswatini K000057905 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Wickens, G.E. [1314] Sudan K000453999 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Robinson, E.A. [2897] Zambia K000057826 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Codd, L.E.W. [4379] South Africa K000057922 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Talbot, P.A. [1387] Nigeria K000453992 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3537] Kenya K000483003 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Gossweiler, J. [494] Angola K000057804 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Leach, L.C. [9436] Zimbabwe K000057875 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Bridson, D. [325] Rwanda K000453995 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Robinson, E.A. [932] Zambia K000057828 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Azancot de Menezes, O. [360] Angola K000057892 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 s.coll. [21] Angola K000057879 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Fries, T.C.E.; Nordlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [2040] Zimbabwe K000057865 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Williamson, G.; Drummond, R.B. [2062] Zambia K000057844 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 s.coll. [s.n.] Botswana K000057878 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Stewart, D.R.M. [67] Zambia K000057825 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Zunguze, D.; Boane, C. [128] Mozambique K000057882 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Allen, C.E.F. [45] Zimbabwe K000057866 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Stocks, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000057888 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Pocock, M.A. [700] Angola K000057806 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Bayer, G. [16640] South Africa K000057918 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Holmes, W.D. [07] Zambia K000057832 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [329] Zimbabwe K000057863 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Keet, J.D. [1118] South Africa K000057904 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Harley, W.J. [2248] Liberia K000453991 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Wild, H. [2030] Zimbabwe K000057852 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Williams, H.J. [2] Zambia K000057824 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Pienaar, E.A. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K000057868 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Methuen, P.A. [296] Zimbabwe K000057854 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Rogers, F.A. [7496] Zambia K000057830 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Rodin, R. [4386] Zimbabwe K000057870 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Eyles, F. [552] Zimbabwe K000057860 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Schyff, H.P., van der [487] South Africa K000057913 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Compton, R.H. [27009] Eswatini K000057910 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J. [s.n.] Zambia K000057846 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Wood, J.M. [1342] South Africa K000057920 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Fay, J.M. [4282] Central African Republic K000453994 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Moss, C.E. [19092] Zimbabwe K000057874 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Edwards, D. [2544] South Africa K000057924 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Culver [s.n.] South Africa K000057902 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Gomez e Sousa [2002] Mozambique K000057885 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Eggeling, W.J. [1259] Uganda K000483008 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Williams, H.J. [3] Zambia K000057889 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Smith, P.A. [1196] Botswana K000057876 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Gossweiler, J. [12] Angola K000057807 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Stewart, J. [s.n.] Namibia K000057919 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Pardy, A.A. [4918] Zimbabwe K000057890 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Marais, W. [14401] South Africa K000057900 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Moll, E.J. [3609] South Africa K000057898 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Fanshawe, D.B. [8991] Zambia K000057831 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Baum, H. [107] Angola K000057805 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Rodin, R. [4386] Zimbabwe K000057871 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 s.coll. [40] Zambia K000057833 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Dawe, M.T. [485] Mozambique K000057887 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Earl of Scarborough [s.n.] Nigeria K000242129 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Astle, W.L. [3367] Zambia K000057802 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Baum, H. [280] Angola K000057803 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Gossweiler, J. [8130] Angola K000057894 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Fanshawe, D.B. [8992] Zambia K000057801 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Galpin, E.E. [1004] South Africa K000057906 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Fanshawe, D.B. [12121] Zambia K000057817 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Richards, H.M. [2137] Zambia K000057815 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Morze, G. [8] Zambia K000057850 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Richards, H.M. [2212] Zambia K000057814 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Louis, J. [2857] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000453997 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Huschberg, C.W. [18] Zambia K000057837 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Stirrat [2988] Mozambique K000057896 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Levy, B. [75] Zimbabwe K000057861 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Pawek, J. [10075] Malawi K000057810 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Scheepers, J.C. [1081] South Africa K000057908 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Aké-Assi, L. [9332] Cote d'Ivoire K000453993 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Leach, L.C. [11300] Zimbabwe K000057858 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Bayer, G. [16641] South Africa K000057921 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Rogers, F.A. [7235] Zambia K000057838 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J. [7897] Zambia K000057847 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Williamson, G. [733] Zambia K000057893 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Wickens, G.E. [1314] Sudan K000453998 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Milne-Redhead, E. [1030] Zambia K000057842 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Milne-Redhead, E. [1030] Zambia K000057843 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 s.coll. [s.n.] South Tropical Africa K000057834 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Testu, S., le [502] Mozambique K000057884 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Nyarini, P. [369] Zimbabwe K000057809 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Biegel, H.; Pope, G.V.; Russel, G. [4010] Botswana K000057877 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Fries, T.C.E.; Nordlindh, T.; Weimarck, H. [2101] Zimbabwe K000057864 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Morze, J. [99] Zambia K000057813 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Wicker, F.D.P. [s.n.] South Africa K000057912 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Jaarsveld, E.J., van [763] South Africa K000057911 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Brandon, R.J. [s.n.] Zambia K000057827 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Williamson, G. [1864] Zambia K000057818 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Thorncroft, G. [s.n.] South Africa K000057901 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Chase, N.C. [4102] Zimbabwe K000057859 Yes
K:SPC-49949.000 No
Luwiika, B.; Harder, D.K.; Schmidt, H.H.; Zimba, N.B. [631] Zambia K000057821 Yes
Wilms, F. [1387] South Africa K000057903 Yes
Gereau, R.E.; Congdon, T.C.E. [2604] Tanzania K000483006 Yes
K:SPC-05632.000 No
Copley, H. [76] Kenya K:SPC-20130.000 No
Bullock, A.A. [1400] Zambia K:SPC-18264.000 No
K:SPC-49947.000 No
Jeffrey, C. [206] Gabon K:SPC-20131.000 No
Culver, W. [s.n.] South Africa K000057907 Yes
Mwangulango, N.A. [1007] Tanzania K000483004 Yes
K:SPC-60091.000 No
South Africa K:SPC-45003.000 No
Uganda K:SPC-21324.000 No
Monro, C.F.H. [476] Zimbabwe K000057867 Yes
K:SPC-60089.000 No
Bridson, D.M. Rwanda K:SPC-43035.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [553] Kenya K:SPC-21327.000 No
Bruyns, P. [8580] Mozambique K000483011 Yes
K:SPC-60092.000 No
Meyer, H. [1993] Kenya K:SPC-77452.000 No
Heath, A.; Heath R. [663] Botswana K000395740 Yes
K:SPC-60088.000 No
Williamson, G. [680] Zambia K:SPC-11887.003 No
Khoyota [406] Kenya K:SPC-63132.000 No
Kenya K:SPC-21323.000 No
K:SPC-49948.000 No
Richards, H.M. [18269] Zambia K:SPC-33053.000 No
la Croix, I. Malawi K:SPC-51353.000 No
Luwiika, B.; Harder, D.K.; Schmidt, H.H.; Zimba, N.B. [631] Zambia K000057822 Yes
Bone, R.E.; Merrett, L.. [386] Zambia K:SPC-76846.000 No
Heath, A.; Heath R. [665] Botswana K000395742 Yes
Uganda K:SPC-21325.000 No
Williamson, G. [691] Zambia K000057816 Yes
Gereau, R.E.; Congdon, T.C.E. [2604] Tanzania K000483005 Yes
K:SPC-60090.000 No
Boy Teofilo [7596] Kenya K:SPC-19245.000 No
Bowling, J.C. Ghana K:SPC-44844.000 No
K:SPC-45704.000 No
s.coll. [268] South Africa K000057914 Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-21326.000 No
Greenway, P.J.; Eggeling, W.J. [7051] Uganda K:SPC-20132.000 No
Mlangwa, J.A.; Msangi, L.; Abdallah, M. [1787] Tanzania K000483007 Yes
K:SPC-25041.000 No
unknown Nigeria K000242130 Holotype Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F8991] Zambia K:SPC-30237.000 No
Ghana K:SPC-20133.000 No
Berman, J.D. K:SPC-77451.000 No
Bailes, C.P. [248] Kenya K:SPC-77453.000 No
K:SPC-49946.000 No
Morze, G. [64] Zambia Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-25693.000 No
Kenya Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-18267.000 No
Morze, G. [63] Zambia Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-29511.000 No
Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-19244.000 No
Morze, G. South Africa Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-29517.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [10285] Tanzania Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-05633.000 No
Morze, G. [65] Zambia Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-28122.000 No
Sanderson, J. [474] South Africa Ansellia gigantea K000057925 Type Yes
Moreau, W.M. [IC] Tanzania Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-21328.000 No
Owens, C. [21] Tanzania Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-39830.000 No
Sanderson, J. [474] South Africa Ansellia gigantea K000057915 Type Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [5466] Uganda Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-18268.000 No
Hope Simpson, J.F. [163] Sudan Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-19247.000 No
Morze, G. [65] Zambia Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-35980.000 No
Zimbabwe Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-20135.000 No
Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-18265.000 No
Copley, H. [123] Kenya Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-20139.000 No
Owens, C. [16] Kenya Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-39756.000 No
Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-20137.000 No
South Africa Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-20136.000 No
Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-19249.000 No
Bayer, G.F. [16641] South Africa Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-21329.000 No
Copley, H. [85] Kenya Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-20138.000 No
Copley, H. [81] Kenya Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-20140.000 No
Bayer, G.F. [16640] South Africa Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-21330.000 No
Kenya Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-19777.001 No
Hope-Simpson, J.F. [126] Sudan Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-21331.000 No
Boscawer Tanzania Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-09747.000 No
Morze, G. [124] South Africa Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-29684.000 No
Morze, G. [8] Zambia Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-29714.000 No
Philcox, D.; Leppard, M. [8865] Zimbabwe Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-29047.360 No
Richards, H.M. [2212] Zambia Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-20134.000 No
Eggeling, W.J. Uganda Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-21333.000 No
Owens, C. [11] Kenya Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-39711.000 No
Hope-Simpson, J.F. [126] Sudan Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-19246.000 No
Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-19248.000 No
Piers, F. Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-43889.000 No
Morris, B. [78] Malawi Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-28353.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3537] Kenya Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-18266.000 No
Kenya Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-21332.000 No
Fay, J.M. [4282] Central African Republic Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-48625.000 No
South Africa Ansellia gigantea K000364707 Yes
Morze, G. [65] Zambia Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-29821.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [769] Uganda Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-23082.000 No
Morze, G. [64] Zambia Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-30478.000 No
Uganda Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-18270.000 No
King, D.E.S. [69 d.] Nigeria Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-09748.000 No
Troupin, G. [3712] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-09746.000 No
Kenya Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-18269.000 No
Meyer, H. Uganda Ansellia gigantea K:SPC-38152.000 No
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Tanzania Ansellia gigantea subsp. nilotica K000242128 Type Yes
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Tanzania Ansellia gigantea subsp. nilotica K000242127 Type Yes

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