''Angraecopsis'' is a genus of

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. It was first described by Fritz Kraenzlin in 1900 and given its name on account with the genus' similarity to ''

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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 ''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, Madagasca ...

'' 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, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cameroon * '' Angraecopsis lisowskii'' Szlach. & Olszewski - Cameroon * '' Angraecopsis lovettii'' P.J.Cribb - Tanzania * '' Angraecopsis macrophylla'' Summerh. - Ivory Coast, Uganda, Ethiopia * '' Angraecopsis malawiensis'' P.J.Cribb in I.F.la Croix - Malawi and Tanzania * '' Angraecopsis parva'' (P.J.Cribb) P.J.Cribb - Malawi and Tanzania * '' Angraecopsis parviflora'' (Thouars) Schltr. - Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion * '' Angraecopsis pobeguinii'' (Finet) H.Perrier - Njazidja * '' Angraecopsis pusilla'' Summerh. - Zaire (Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) * '' Angraecopsis tenerrima'' Kraenzl. - Tanzania * '' Angraecopsis thomensis'' Stévart & P.J.Cribb - - São Tomé * '' Angraecopsis tridens'' (Lindl.) Schltr. - Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon * '' Angraecopsis trifurca'' (Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Comoros

References

* Vandeae genera Orchids of Madagascar Orchids of Réunion Flora of Mauritius Flora of the Comoros Orchids of Africa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin {{Vandeae-stub