Aerangis biloba

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Aerangis
Species: Aerangis biloba
Name

Aerangis biloba (Lindl.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 598 (1915)
Synonyms

Basionym
Angraecum bilobum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 69 (1840)
Homotypic
Angorchis biloba (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891)
Rhaphidorhynchus bilobus (Lindl.) Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54(9): 39 (1907)
Heterotypic
Angraecum apiculatum Hook., Bot. Mag. 71: t. 4159 (1845)
Angraecum campyloplectron Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 226 (1855)
Angorchis campyloplectron (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891)
Aerangis campyloplectron (Rchb.f.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 157 (1972)

References

Schlechter, F.R.R. (1915) Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 598.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 344 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7
Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Aerangis biloba in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Nov. 1. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2014. Aerangis biloba in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Mar. 21.
Tropicos.org 2012. Aerangis biloba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Nov. 1.
International Plant Names Index. 2012. Aerangis biloba. Published online. Accessed: 1. Nov. 2012.
The Plant List 2013. Aerangis biloba in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 May 16.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aerangis biloba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: West Tropical Africa
Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
Vernacular names
русский: Эрангис билоба

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

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