Angraecum section Angraecoides (Cordem.) Garay, Kew Bull. 28: 495– 516 (1973).
Lectotype:
Angraecum pingue Frapp., designated by Garay, Kew Bull. 28: 495–516 (1973).
Mystacidium sect. Angraecoides Cordem. Rev. Gin. Bot. II: 413 (1899).
Angraecoides (Cordem.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka, Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 29: 1–23 (2013).
Description:
Epiphytic on trunk, medium or large plants (to 25 cm height); stems erect, elongate, internodes short; leaves alternate spiral, often succulent; inflorescences always one-flowered, subterminal, longer than leaves, one to four per stem; flowers small, greenish or greenish yellow, sepals and petals linear-lanceolate; labellum lowermost, concave or rounded at the base, shorter or equaling dorsal sepal, rostrate-acuminate; spur longer or equaling dorsal sepal, with a wide opening, isodiametric; ovary round in section with 180° resupination.
Type:
Angraecum pingue Frapp. ex Cordem.
Species:
| Angraecum clavigerum Ridl. | N. & EC. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum chermezonii H.Perrier | NE. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum cultriforme Summerh. | Kenya to NE. KwaZulu-Natal. |
| Angraecum curvipes Schltr. | Cameroon. |
| Angraecum egertonii Rendle | S. Nigeria to Gabon. |
| Angraecum elliotii Rolfe | C. & SE. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum leprechaunicum Hermans & Grunenwald | Madagascar |
| Angraecum modicum Summerh. | Liberia. |
| Angraecum nasutum Schltr. | Madagascar |
| Angraecum obversifolium Frapp. ex Cordem. | Mascarenes. |
| Angraecum pingue Frapp. ex Cordem. | Mascarenes, N. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum rhizomaniacum Schltr. | N. Madagascar |
| Angraecum rostratum Ridl. | SC. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum scalariforme H.Perrier | NE. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum sedifolium Schltr. | EC. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum stolzii Schltr. | Tanzania to Zambia. |
| Angraecum triangulifolium Senghas | ENE. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum zaratananae Schltr. | N. Madagascar. |
World Checklist of Monocotyledons.The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/ accessed 08/09/2019
