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Angraecopsis Elliptica
''Angraecopsis'' is a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae. It was first described by Fritz Kraenzlin in 1900 and given its name on account with the genus' similarity to ''Angraecum'' species. ''Angraecopsis'' are native to Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius and the Comoros. The growth habit is rather small and the leaves emerge from a woody stem. Species * ''Angraecopsis amaniensis'' Summerh. - from Kenya to Zimbabwe and Mozambique * ''Angraecopsis breviloba'' Summerh. - Kenya and Tanzania * ''Angraecopsis cryptantha'' P.J.Cribb - Cameroon * ''Angraecopsis dolabriformis'' (Rolfe) Schltr. - São Tomé * ''Angraecopsis elliptica'' Summerh. - from Ivory Coast to Uganda * ''Angraecopsis gassneri'' G.Will. - Zambia * ''Angraecopsis gracillima'' (Rolfe) Summerh. - from Uganda to Zambia * ''Angraecopsis hallei'' Szlach. & Olszewski - Gabon * ''Angraecopsis holochila'' Summerh. -Uganda and Ethiopia * ''Angraecopsis ischnopus'' (Schltr.) Schltr. - Bioko, Guiana, Ivory Coast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin (aka Kränzlin; 25 July 1847 – 9 March 1934) was a botanist associated with the Natural History Museum (BM). In the history of the European study of South African orchids, Friedrich "Fritz" Kraenzlin (Kränzlin) appears after Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach describing many new orchids in the region, and revising some of the genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s .... His book ''Orchidacearum Genera et Species'' was never finished, but the volume containing the '' Habenaria'', '' Disa'', and '' Disperis'' genera was completed in 1901. Publications * Reichenbach, H. G. & Kraenzlin, W. L.: ''Xenia Orchidacea. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orchideen'' * * * See also * Taxa named by Friedrich Ludwig Kraenzlin References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |