| Aerangis kotschyana (Rchb. f.) Schltr. |
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| Family : ORCHIDACEAE |
| Protologue : Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 118 (1918) |
| Information on the genus : Aerangis |
| Basionym : Angraecum kotschyanum Rchb. f. |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Angraecum kotschyanum Rchb. f. (1864) |
| Angraecum kotschyi Rchb. f. (1880) |
| Aerangis kotschyi (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. (1881) |
| Rhaphidorhynchus kotschyi (Rchb. f.) Finet (1907) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Angraecum grantii Baker (1875) |
| =Aerangis grantii (Baker) Schltr. (1918) |
| =Angraecum semipedale Rendle (1895) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Robust epiphytic herb; stem usually short but can reach 20 cm length (old plants); roots stout, c. 7 mm Ø, very long; leaves 3-8(-20), distichous, dense, obovate, 6-20-30x2-8 cm, leathery to fleshy, dark green, apex unequally lobed, smaller lobe often absent, margins undulate; inflorescences pendent, 30-45 cm long, to 20-flowered; pedicel and ovary 2-3 cm long; flowers to 7 cm Ø, in 2 rows, white, tinged salmon-pink, scented; tepals oblanceolate, 1-2,8x0,7-0,8 cm; lip very wide in apical half and with 2 prominent crests on upper surface at mouth of spur; spur 13-24 cm long, pinkish, with several corkscrew-like twists below middle. |
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| Ecology : |
Woodland; humid wooded grassland; forest beside rivers and lakes; rain-forest; coastal forest; often on trunks and lower branches of large old trees; 0-1500 m alt. |
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A. x chirioana is a natural hybrid A. biloba x A. kotschyana (see above under that name). |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Epiphyte- Ht up to 0.22 m.in states: KN |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Exell, A. & Wild, H. (1998). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 11[2]: 387
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Kew Bull. 34: 252-256 (1979) [1980]
- LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1995). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Monocotyledones: Limnocharitaceae à Poaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 114
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Orchidées d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°44750 modified 2015-09-17 |
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