Angraecum section Nana (Cordem.) Garay, Kew Bull. 28: 495–516 (1973).
Synonym:
Mystacidium section Nana Cordem., Rev. Gin. Bot. II: 414 (1899).
Description:
Epiphytic, tiny plants (to 5 cm heigth); stems short, internodes reduced; leaves thin, graminiform; inflorescences often one-sided racemose, infrafoliar, longer than leaves, one to three per stem; flowers minute, greenish, sepals and petals lanceolate-ovate; labellum uppermost, navicular, apex acute; spur shorter than dorsal sepal, isodiametric; ovary round in section with 360° resupination.
Type:
Angraecum nanum Frapp. ex Cordem.
Distribution:
South Africa, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Kenya, Reunion, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Species:
| Angraecum andasibeense H.Perrier | N. & EC. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum bemarivoense Schltr. | NE. & C. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum chamaeanthus Schltr. | Kenya to Northern Prov |
| Angraecum decipiens Summerh. | Kenya to N. Tanzania. |
| Angraecum microcharis Schltr. | N. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum minus Summerh. | SW. Ethiopia to Zimbabwe. |
| Angraecum minutum Frapp. ex Cordem. | Réunion. |
| Angraecum muscicolum H.Perrier | C. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum nanum Frapp. ex Cordem. | Mascarenes. |
| Angraecum onivense H.Perrier | EC. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum parvulum Ayres ex S.Moore | Mascarenes. |
| Angraecum perhumile H.Perrier | C. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum perparvulum H.Perrier | N. & C. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum pusillum Lindl. | E. Zimbabwe to S. Africa. |
| Angraecum rubellum Bosser | ENE. Madagascar. |
| Angraecum salazianum (Cordem.) Schltr. | Réunion. |
| Angraecum spicatum (Cordem.) Schltr. | Réunion. |
| Angraecum tenellum (Ridl.) Schltr. | Réunion, Madagascar. |
| Angraecum viridiflorum Cordem. | Réunion. |
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
