Rangaeris trilobata Summerh. 1936

Collection Sheet © by Summerhayes

Common Name The Three Lobed Rangaeris

Flower Size

Found in Gabon, Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea Is., Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea,

"A very remarkable species which approaches most nearly in vegetative characters to R. longicaudata , but has much smaller leaves and flowers. In fact it resembles very closely Solenangis scandens and Dinklageella liberica in its long climbing stems and distantly placed narrowly-elliptical or lanceolate leaves, but is totally different from each in flower-structure. In this latter feature, with the exception of the trilobed lip, it agrees with Rangaeris muscicola and R. rhipsalisocia , especially in the column, pollinia and rostellum. The trilobed lip separates R. trilobata from all other species in the genus; on the other hand its general shape and texture do not in the least recall to mind such genera as Tridactyle and Angraecopsis where the lip is usually trilobed." Summerhayes 1936

Synonyms Aziza trilobata (Summerh.) Farminhćo & D'haijčre 2020; Solenangis trilobata (Summerh.) R.Rice 2006

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 229 Summerhayes 1936

Kew Bull. 4: 439 Summerhayes 1949

Oasis 3: 14 Rice 2006 as Solenangis trilobata

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105: 311 Farminhćo & D'haijčre 2020 as Aziza trilobata;

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