Angraecum section Perrierangraecum Schltr., Fedde, Repert. Sp. Nov., Beih. 33: 309 (1925).
Lectotype:
(in hoc loco electus): Angraecum rutenbergianum Kraenzl.
Description:
Epiphytic on canopy or trunk, medium to large plants (to 35 cm height); stems erect, short to elongate, internodes very short rarely long (to 5 cm); leaves fleshy, usually thick, fan shape; inflorescence usually one-flower, sometimes racemose with up to four flowers, suprafoliar, very short, one or two per stem; flowers medium to large, white, sepals and petals linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate; labellum lowermost, broadly ovate, equal to dorsal sepal, slightly concave, apex acute; spur short to elongate (to 15 cm), isodiametric at base, tapering to tip, greenish white towards the tip; ovary round in section often triquetrous with 180° resupination.
Notes:
The plants in this section resemble some in the genus Jumellea Schltr., but the base of the lip always envelops the column. Aeranthus curnovianus Rchb. f. is definitely not a Jumellea as Schlechter suspected, but it is referable to this section of Angraecum, and it includes A. suarezense Toill.-Gen. & Bosser as well as A. subcordatum (H. Perr.) Bosser as synonyms.which is covered with 3 or 4 compressed sheaths. The pedicellate ovary often is triquetrous.
Distribution:
South Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Malawi, Reunion, Zimbabwe
Species:
POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 21 November 2022."
