Rangaeris

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Rangaeris muscicola - Mount Mecute (10313186973).jpg

| image_caption = Rangaeris muscicola

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| taxon = Rangaeris

| authority = (Schltr.) Summerh.

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| synonyms =

  • Leptocentrum Schltr.
  • Barombiella Szlach.

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Rangaeris is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, naive to sub-Saharan Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=176683 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

Species

Species accepted as of June 2014:

  1. Rangaeris amaniensis (Kraenzl.) Summerh., 1949 - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
  2. Rangaeris longicaudata (Rolfe) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, 1936 - Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
  3. Rangaeris muscicola (Rchb.f.) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, 1936 - widespread from Liberia to Tanzania to South Africa
  4. Rangaeris schliebenii (Mansf.) P.J.Cribb, 1989 - Tanzania
  5. Rangaeris trilobata Summerh., 1936 - Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe

See also

References

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