Angraecum astroarche Ridl. 1887 SECTION Arachnangraecum

Collection Sheet Natural History Museum (BM), BM000539149

Common Name or Meaning The Star Angraecum

Flower Size

Found in Sao Tome of the Gulf of Guinea Islands

" The flowers, which are borne singly on slender peduncles as long as the leaves, are star-like and rather like a large Aerangis in appearance but the structure is that of Angraecum as are the vegetative characters. The tepals are 1.6 to 2" [4 to 5 cm] in length but the spur is only 1" [2.5 cm] long." Summerhayes 1958

Synonyms Conchograecum astroarche (Ridl.) Szlach., Grochocka, Oledrz. & Mytnik 2018; Mystacidium astroarche (Ridl.) Rolfe 1897

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 199 Ridley 1887

Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 170 Rolfe 1897 as Mystacidium astroarche

Kew Bull. 13: 275 Summerhayes 1958

Richardiana, N.S. 2: 90 Szlach., Grochocka, Oledrz. & Mytnik 2018 as Conchograecum astroarche

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