''Ancistrorhynchus'' is a

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s from the orchid family

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. It contains 16 species native to tropical Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Species

#'' Ancistrorhynchus akeassiae'' Pérez-Vera - Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Liberia #'' Ancistrorhynchus brevifolius'' Finet - Congo-Brazzaville #'' Ancistrorhynchus capitatus'' (Lindl.) Summerh. - Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Uganda, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa) #'' Ancistrorhynchus cephalotes'' (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo #'' Ancistrorhynchus clandestinus'' (Lindl.) Schltr. - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Rwanda, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon, Uganda, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa) #'' Ancistrorhynchus crystalensis'' P.J.Cribb & Laan - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands #'' Ancistrorhynchus laxiflorus'' Mansf. - Tanzania #'' Ancistrorhynchus metteniae'' (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon, Uganda, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa), Tanzania, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Islands, #'' Ancistrorhynchus ovatus'' Summerh. - Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon, Uganda, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa) #'' Ancistrorhynchus parviflorus'' Summerh. - Tanzania #'' Ancistrorhynchus paysanii'' Senghas - Kenya #'' Ancistrorhynchus recurvus'' Finet - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo, Cameroon, Uganda, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa), Gulf of Guinea Islands #'' Ancistrorhynchus schumannii'' (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa) #'' Ancistrorhynchus serratus'' Summerh - Bioko, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville #'' Ancistrorhynchus straussii'' (Schltr.) Schltr. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa) #'' Ancistrorhynchus tenuicaulis'' Summerh. - Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa), Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi

References

* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press * Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart Angraecinae Orchids of Africa Vandeae genera {{Vandeae-stub

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