Aerangis biloba

Aerangis biloba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Epidendroideae
Genus:Aerangis
Species: A. biloba
Binomial name
Aerangis biloba
(Lindl.) Schltr. (1915)
Synonyms
  • Angraecum bilobum Lindl. (1840) (Basionym)
  • Angraecum apiculatum Hook. (1845)
  • Angraecum campyloplectron Rchb.f. (1855)
  • Angorchis biloba (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Rhaphidorhynchus bilobus (Lindl.) Finet (1907)
  • Aerangis campyloplectron (Rchb.f.) Garay (1972)

Aerangis biloba is a species of epiphytic orchid.[1] It is native to tropical West Africa (Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1915. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 598
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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