''Angraecopsis'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

. It was first described by Fritz Kraenzlin in 1900 and given its name on account with the genus' similarity to ''

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'' species. ''Angraecopsis'' are native to

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and the

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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

References

* Vandeae genera Orchids of Madagascar Orchids of Réunion Flora of Mauritius Flora of the Comoros Orchids of Africa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin {{Vandeae-stub