Orchidaceae
Angraecum

Angraecum sacciferum Lindl.

First published in Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 205 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is São Tomé to Kenya and S. Africa. It is an epiphytic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Liltved, W.R. & Johnson, S.D. (2012). The Cape orchids. A regional monograph of the orchids of the Cape floristic region 2: 485-1022. Sandstone editions, Cape Town.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 205 (1837).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2021). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 3: 1-555. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • J. Stewart in A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 783 (1974).
  • Lindl. in Hook., Comp. Bot. Mag. 2: 205 (1837).
  • Piers, Orch. E. Afr., ed. 2: 243 (1968).
  • Williamson, Orch. SC. Afr.: 178 (1977).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 5, 1958 Stolz, A. [640] Tanzania K000306557 Type Yes
James, R. [26732] Zimbabwe K:SPC-08172.000 No
Cameroon K:SPC-10183.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2443] Tanzania K:SPC-12498.000 No
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1781] Tanzania K:SPC-23360.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2207] Tanzania K:SPC-10184.000 No
Morris, B. [79] Malawi K:SPC-28365.000 No
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [5127] Tanzania K:SPC-34326.000 No
Wild, H. [4531] Zimbabwe K:SPC-08170.000 No
Gregory, H. [582] Cameroon K000107123 No
Tweedie, E.M. [463] Kenya K:SPC-08169.000 No
Moreau, W.M. [186] Tanzania K:SPC-10181.000 No
Wild, H. [4440] Zimbabwe K:SPC-08168.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8963] Tanzania K:SPC-13387.000 No
Zimbabwe K:SPC-10185.000 No
Copley, H. [37] Kenya K:SPC-08171.000 No
Morris, B. [123] Malawi K:SPC-28343.000 No
Archer, P.G. [A53] Kenya K:SPC-06257.000 No
Saska, M. [105] Tanzania K:SPC-13388.000 No
La Croix, E. [891] Malawi K:SPC-52957.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [914] Kenya K:SPC-13386.000 No
Gassner, A.; Cribb, P. [147] Malawi K:SPC-46581.000 No

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0