''Rangaeris'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s from the orchid 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 ...
, naive to
sub-Saharan Africa
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.
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Species
Species accepted as of June 2014:Kraenzl. Friedrich (Fritz) Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin (25 July 1847 – 9 March 1934) was a botanist associated with the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (BM).
In the history of the European study of South African orchids, Fritz Krä ...
) Summerh.
Victor Samuel Summerhayes (21 February 1897 – 27 December 1974) was an English botanist in charge of the orchid herbarium at Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew for 39 years.
Summerhayes was born on 21 February 1897 at Street, Somerset and he was ...
, 1949 - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
# ''Rangaeris longicaudata
''Rangaeris'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, naive to sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
Species accepted as of June 2014:
# '' Rangaeris amaniensis'' (Kraenzl.) Summerh., 1949 - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Ugan ...
'' ( Rolfe) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, 1936 - Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
# '' Rangaeris muscicola'' (Rchb.f.) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, 1936 - widespread from Liberia to Tanzania to South Africa
# ''Rangaeris schliebenii
''Rangaeris'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, naive to sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
Species accepted as of June 2014:
# '' Rangaeris amaniensis'' (Kraenzl.) Summerh., 1949 - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Ugan ...
'' ( Mansf.) P.J.Cribb, 1989 - Tanzania
# ''Rangaeris trilobata
''Rangaeris'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, naive to sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
Species accepted as of June 2014:
# '' Rangaeris amaniensis'' (Kraenzl.) Summerh., 1949 - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Ugan ...
'' Summerh., 1936 - Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe
See also
* List of Orchidaceae genera
This is a list of genera in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae), originally according tThe Families of Flowering Plants- L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the ''Orchid Research Newsletter'' whi ...
References
External links
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Vandeae genera
Orchids of Africa
Angraecinae
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