Ancistrorhynchus Finet

La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1995) Orchidaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 11(1)

Description of the genus

Epiphytic herbs. Stems short, covered with old sheathing leaf bases; roots clustered at base of stem. Leaves imbricate, ligulate or tapering, unequally 2-lobed at the apex, the lobes sometimes dentate. Inflorescences axillary, from leaf bases or the lower leaves, ± sessile, usually in globose or ellipsoid heads; bracts papery, usually as long as the flowers. Flowers white, sometimes with green on lip. Sepals and petals free, subsimilar; lip oblong or orbicular, entire or 3-lobed, spurred at the base; column short; rostellum projecting down then abruptly upcurved in apical half, 2-lobed, each lobe falcate and acute; anther cap hemispherical, with a short, truncate appendage in front; pollinia 2, globose; stipites either 2 and subspathulate, or 1 and bifid; viscidium 1.

Worldwide: C. 16 species in tropical Africa.

Rwanda: 2 taxa.

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clandestinus (Lindl.) Schltr.
tenuicaulis Summerh.Description

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Flora of Burundi: Ancistrorhynchus
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Flora of Malawi: Ancistrorhynchus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ancistrorhynchus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ancistrorhynchus
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ancistrorhynchus
JSTOR Plant Science: Ancistrorhynchus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ancistrorhynchus
Plants of the World Online: Ancistrorhynchus
Tropicos: Ancistrorhynchus
Wikipedia: Ancistrorhynchus



Flora of Rwanda: Genus page: Ancistrorhynchus.
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