Angraecum section Angraecum Benth., Benth. & Hook. F. Gen. Pl. 3: 583 (1883).
Description:
Epiphytic or lithophytic, very large plants (up to 1 m height); stems short to elongate, internodes long to 5 cm when existing; leaves densely imbricate, coriaceous; inflorescences racemose, suprafoliar, longer than leaves, many-flowered (up to 10), one to five per stem; flowers very large, sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, green; labellum uppermost, orbicular concave, white, apex acuminate; spur medium to very long (up to 45 cm), green, isodiametric from the base, tapering towards the tip; ovary round in section with 360° resupination.
Type:
Angraecum eburneum Bory.
Distribution:
Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Tanzania
Species:
| Angraecum crassum Thouars | NE. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum dendrobiopsis Schltr. | N. & NC. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum eburneum Bory | SE. Kenya to E. Tanzania (incl. Pemba, Zanzibar), W. Indian Ocean. |
| Angraecum eburneum subsp. eburneum | W. Indian Ocean. |
| Angraecum eburneum subsp. giryamae (Rendle) Senghas & P.J.Cribb | Kenya to E. Tanzania (incl. Pemba, Zanzibar). |
| Angraecum eburneum subsp. superbum (Thouars) H.Perrier | Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar. |
| Angraecum eburneum subsp. xerophilum H.Perrier | S. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum florulentum Rchb.f. | Comoros (Njazidja). |
| Angraecum palmiforme Thouars | Mascarenes. |
| Angraecum penzigianum Schltr. | E. & SC. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum protensum Schltr. | C. & SC. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum serpens (H.Perrier) Bosser | ENE. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum sororium Schltr. | Madagascar. |
| Angraecum sesquipedale Thouars | E. & SE. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum sesquipedale var. angustifolium Bosser & Morat | SE. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum sesquipedale var. sesquipedale | E. & SE. 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/ 13/02/2017
