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Angraecopsis is a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae. It was first described by Fritz Kraenzlin in 1900 and given its name on account with the genus' similarity to Angraecum species. Angraecopsis are native to Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius and the Comoros. The growth habit is rather small and the leaves emerge from a woody stem.

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  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyOrchidaceae
Native toCameroon, Comoros, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi
Observations14
Observations recorded571

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Histoire particulière des plantes Orchidées recueillies sur les trois îles australes d'Afrique, de France, de Bourbon et de Madagascar (Tab. 060) BHL.jpg
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Angraecopsis is a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae. It was first described by Fritz Kraenzlin in 1900 and given its name on account with the genus' similarity to Angraecum species. Angraecopsis are native to Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius and the Comoros. The growth habit is rather small and the leaves emerge from a woody stem.

== Species == Angraecopsis amaniensis Summerh. - from Kenya to Zimbabwe and Mozambique Angraecopsis breviloba Summerh. - Kenya and Tanzania Angraecopsis cryptantha P.J.Cribb - Cameroon Angraecopsis dolabriformis (Rolfe) Schltr. - São Tomé Angraecopsis elliptica Summerh. - from Ivory Coast to Uganda Angraecopsis gassneri G.Will. - Zambia Angraecopsis gracillima (Rolfe) Summerh. - from Uganda to Zambia Angraecopsis hallei Szlach. & Olszewski - Gabon Angraecopsis holochila Summerh. -Uganda and Ethiopia Angraecopsis ischnopus (Schltr.) Schltr. - Bioko, Guiana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cameroon Angraecopsis lisowskii Szlach. & Olszewski - Cameroon Angraecopsis lovettii P.J.Cribb - Tanzania Angraecopsis macrophylla Summerh. - Ivory Coast, Uganda, Ethiopia Angraecopsis malawiensis P.J.Cribb in I.F.la Croix - Malawi and Tanzania Angraecopsis parva (P.J.Cribb) P.J.Cribb - Malawi and Tanzania Angraecopsis parviflora (Thouars) Schltr. - Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion Angraecopsis pobeguinii (Finet) H.Perrier - Njazidja Angraecopsis pusilla Summerh. - Zaire (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) Angraecopsis tenerrima Kraenzl. - Tanzania Angraecopsis thomensis Stévart & P.J.Cribb - - São Tomé Angraecopsis tridens (Lindl.) Schltr. - Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon Angraecopsis trifurca (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Comoros

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