Rhipidoglossum Explained
Rhipidoglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 53 species, all from sub-Saharan Africa.[1] [2] [3]
Species
This genus contains the following species:
- Rhipidoglossum adoxum
- Rhipidoglossum afrum [4]
- Rhipidoglossum arbonnieri – grows in epiphyte forests near waterfalls[5]
- Rhipidoglossum bilobatum
- Rhipidoglossum brachyceras
- Rhipidoglossum brevifolium
- Rhipidoglossum burttii
- Rhipidoglossum candidum
- Rhipidoglossum clavatum – lives in Afromontane regions[6]
- Rhipidoglossum confusum
- Rhipidoglossum cuneatum
- Rhipidoglossum curvatum
- Rhipidoglossum delepierreanum – native to rivers at elevations of above sea level[7]
- Rhipidoglossum densiflorum
- Rhipidoglossum eggelingii
- Rhipidoglossum globulare – native to Tanzania
- Rhipidoglossum globulosocalcaratum
- Rhipidoglossum kamerunense
- Rhipidoglossum laticalcar
- Rhipidoglossum laxiflorum
- Rhipidoglossum leedalii – native to Kenya and Tanzania in Eastern Africa
- Rhipidoglossum longicalcar
- Rhipidoglossum lucieae
- Rhipidoglossum magnicalcar
- Rhipidoglossum melianthum
- Rhipidoglossum microphyllum
- Rhipidoglossum mildbraedii
- Rhipidoglossum millarii – grows on twigs in coastal forests of southeastern Cape Provinces and southwestern KwaZulu-Natal
- Rhipidoglossum montanum
- Rhipidoglossum montealenense – native to costal southwest Guinea[8]
- Rhipidoglossum obanense
- Rhipidoglossum ochyrae
- Rhipidoglossum orientalis
- Rhipidoglossum ovale
- Rhipidoglossum oxycentron
- Rhipidoglossum pareense – native to the Pare Mountains of Tanzania
- Rhipidoglossum paucifolium
- Rhipidoglossum pendulum
- Rhipidoglossum philatelicum
- Rhipidoglossum polyanthum
- Rhipidoglossum polydactylum
- Rhipidoglossum pulchellum
- Rhipidoglossum pusillum – a dwarf plant with a stem of
- Rhipidoglossum rutilum – native to tropical Africa[9]
- Rhipidoglossum schimperianum
- Rhipidoglossum stellatum
- Rhipidoglossum stolzii
- Rhipidoglossum subsimplex
- Rhipidoglossum tanneri
- Rhipidoglossum tenuicalcar
- Rhipidoglossum thomense
- Rhipidoglossum ugandense
- Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinium [10]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=178009 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- (Eds) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3); page 431 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
- Web site: Rhipidoglossum caffrum (Bolus) Farminhão & Stévart . 2022-08-19 . www.africanorchids.dk.
- Web site: Rhipidoglossum arbonnieri . 2022-08-19 . www.africanorchids.dk.
- Web site: Genus Rhipidoglossum . 2022-08-19 . www.africanorchids.dk.
- Web site: Rhipidoglossum delepierreanum . 2022-08-19 . www.africanorchids.dk.
- Web site: Rhipidoglossum montealenense . 2022-08-19 . www.africanorchids.dk.
- Web site: Rhipidoglossum rutilum . 2022-08-18 . Botanica Ltd . en-CA.
- Web site: Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinia . 2022-08-18 . Botanica Ltd . en-CA.
