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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

131.0000 Family Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30483; hybrids: 1409
= Apostasiaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl.: 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl.: 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam.: 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., ser. 4, sect. B Adansonia 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae Lindl.; Key Bot.: 73 (1835)
131.6467 Genus Diaphananthe Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 600 (1915)
Distribution: Tropical and South Africa, several on Gulf of Guinea islands
Species listed in database: 31
= Crossangis Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 141 (1918)
= Chamaeangis Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 33(2): 426 (1915), et Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 107 (1918), descr.
species :
Diaphananthe acuta (Ridl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 97 (1918)
Distribution: Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé
23 BIO SAO
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum acutum Ridl.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 199 t. c. fig. b. (1887)
= Listrostachys acuta (Ridl.) Rolfe; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 159 (1897)
species :
Diaphananthe bidens (Afzel. ex Sw.) Schltr.; Orchideen 593 (1914)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Uganda; Angola
22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA ZAI 25 UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Angorkis ashantensis (Lindl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891)
= Angorkis monodon (Lindl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891)
= Angraecum ashantense Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 56 (1843)
= Angraecum bakeri Kraenzl.; Mitth. deutsch. Schutzgeb. 2: 159 (1889)
= Angraecum bidens (Afzel. ex Sw.) Rendle; Cat. Talbot´s Nigerian Pl. 147 (1913)
= Angraecum monodon Lindl. & Paxton; Flow. Gard. 2: 102 (1851-52)
= Angraecum subfalcifolium De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 192 (1916)
= Diaphananthe ashantensis (Lindl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, II: 98 (1918)
= Diaphananthe monodon (Lindl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 98 (1918)
= Diaphananthe mystacidioides (Kraenzl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 99 (1918)
= Diaphananthe producta (Kraenzl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 99 (1918)
= Diaphananthe subfalcifolia (De Wild.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 100 (1918)
= Limodorum bidens Afzel. ex Sw.; Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. (1800) 243, nomen, et Schrad., Neues J. 1: 86 (1805)
= Listrostachys ashantensis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 908 (1864)
= Listrostachys bakeri (Kraenzl.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 48 (1894).
= Listrostachys bidens (Afzel. ex Sw.) Rolfe; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 160 (1897)
= Listrostachys longissima Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 400 (1912)
= Listrostachys monodon (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 908 (1864)
= Listrostachys mystacidioides Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 170 (1900)
= Mystacidium duemmerianum Kraenzl.; Vierteljahrsschr. Nat. Ges. Zürich 74: 100 (1929)
= Mystacidium productum Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 30 (1895)
species :
Diaphananthe ceriflora J.B.Petersen; Bot. Tidsskr. 49: 167 (1952)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; N-Gabon
23 CMN EQG GAB
species :
Diaphananthe divitiflora (Kraenzl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 98 (1918)
Distribution: ?Cameroon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Diaphananthe congolensis (De Wild.) Summerh.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 12: 101 (1945)
= Listrostachys divitiflora Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 28 (1895), et Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. A 95 (1895) & C 158 (1895)
= Mystacidium congolensis De Wild.; Notices Pl. Util. Congo 151 (1903)
species :
Diaphananthe dorotheae (Rendle) Summerh.; Kew Bull. 4: 441 (1949)
Distribution: SE-Nigeria
22 NGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum dorotheae Rendle; Cat. Talbots Nigerian Pl. 107 (1913)
= Rangaeris dorotheae (Rendle) Summerh.; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 449, in clavi, 450 (1936)
species :
Diaphananthe eggelingii P.J.Cribb; Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Orchidac. (Part 3): 526 (1989)
Distribution: SW-Uganda
25 UGA
species :
Diaphananthe fragrantissima (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 100 (1918)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (NE-KwaZulu-Natal)
23 BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum muansae Kraenzl.; Orchis 2: 99 (1908)
= Diaphananthe falcata (De Wild.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, II: 100 (1918)
= Diaphananthe fimbriata (Rolfe) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, II: 100 (1918)
= Diaphananthe kirkii (Rolfe) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36, II: 101 (1918)
= Diaphananthe muansae (Kraenzl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 101 (1918)
= Epidorkis fragrantissima (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891)
= Listrostachys falcata De Wild.; Notices Pl. Utiles Congo 146 (1903)
= Listrostachys fimbriata Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 115 (1906), nom. illeg.
= Listrostachys fragrantissima Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 189 (1865)
= Listrostachys kirkii Rolfe; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 164 (1897)
= Listrostachys muansae (Kraenzl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 101 (1918)
= Mystacidium fragrantissimum (Rchb.f.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Gen. 3: 584 (1883)
species :
Diaphananthe gabonensis (Summerh.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012)
Distribution: S-Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Chamaeangis gabonensis Summerh.; Kew Bull. 86 (1958)
species :
Diaphananthe garayana Szlach. & Olszewski; Fl. Cameroun 36: 740 (2001)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Diaphananthe ichneumonea (Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CMN CON EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum ichneumoneum Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 136 (1862)
= Chamaeangis ichneumonea (Lindl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 108 (1918)
= Epidorkis ichneumonea (Lindl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891)
= Listrostachys ichneumonea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1887, II: 681 (1887)
species :
Diaphananthe lanceolata (Summerh.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 IVO NGA 23 CMN CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Chamaeangis lanceolata Summerh.; Kew Bull. 279 (1958)
species :
Diaphananthe lebelii (Eb.Fisch. & Killmann) Descourv. & Stévart; Phytotaxa 349(3): 252 (2018)
Distribution: Rwanda
23 RWA
Synonyms: hidden
= Margelliantha lebelii Eb.Fisch. & Killmann; Orchidee (Hamburg) 58(6): 745 (2008)
species :
Diaphananthe lecomtei (Finet) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012)
Distribution: SE-Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
22 NGA 23 CMN EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Chamaeangis lecomtei (Finet) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 108 (1918)
= Listrostachys lecomtei Finet; Mem. Soc. Bot. France 9: 54 (1907)
variant :
var. tenuicalcar (Stévart & Droissart) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Gabon
22 GHA IVO 23 GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Chamaeangis lecomtei var. tenuicalcar Stévart & Droissart; Syst. Bot. 34(2): 292 (2009)
species :
Diaphananthe letouzeyi (Szlach. & Olszewski) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; SE-Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]
22 GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 BIO CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Chamaeangis letouzeyi Szlach. & Olszewski; Fl. Cameroun 36: 754 (2001)
= Chamaeangis pauciflora Pérez-Vera; Orchidées Côte D´Ivoire 234 (2003)
species :
Diaphananthe lorifolia Summerh.; Kew Bull. 14: 235 (1956)
Distribution: Rwanda; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
23 RWA 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA
species :
Diaphananthe odoratissima (Rchb.f.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Malawi
22 GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum odoratissimum Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 326 (1856)
= Angraecum urostachyum (Kraenzl.) Engl.; Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 2: 420 (1908) (Engl. & Drude, Veg. der Erde 9)
= Chamaeangis dewevrei (De Wild.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 108 (1918)
= Chamaeangis odoratissima (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 597 (1915)
= Chamaeangis urostachya (Kraenzl.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 597 (1915)
= Listrostachys dewevrei De Wild.; Notices Pl. Util. Congo 145 (1903)
= Listrostachys odoratissima (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron. 1880, I: 806 (1880)
= Listrostachys pynaertii De Wild.; Notices Pl. Util. Congo 2: 164 (1906)
= Listrostachys urostachya Kraenzl.; Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 158 (1895)
species :
Diaphananthe papagayi (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 99 (1918)
Distribution: Principe Isl.
23 PRI
Synonyms: hidden
= Angorkis papagayi (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 651 (1891)
= Listrostachys papagayi Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 189 (1865)
species :
Diaphananthe pellucida (Lindl.) Schltr.; Orchideen 593 (1914)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; SW-Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Aerangis pallida (W.Watson) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23: 157 (1972)
= Angraecum althoffii Kraenzl.; Mitt. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. 2: 160 (1889)
= Angraecum pallidum W.Watson; Gard. & Forest 3: 78 (1890)
= Angraecum pellucidum Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. t. 2 (1844), et J. Linn. Soc. 6: 134 (1862)
= Diaphananthe pellucida var. gigantiflora Sanford
= Epidorkis pellucida (Lindl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891)
= Listrostachys althoffii (Kraenzl.) T.Durand & Schinz; Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 47 (1892 publ. 1895)
= Listrostachys pellucida (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 908 (1861)
= Listrostachys thonneriana Kraenzl.; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt.-Rend. 38: 64 (1899)
= Mystacidium pellucidum (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Gen. 3: 584 (1883)
species :
Diaphananthe plehniana (Schltr.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 77 (1918)
Distribution: Guinea; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon
22 GUI IVO NGA 23 CMN GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum plehnianum Schltr.; Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped. 285 (1900), nomen, et Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 24 (1905), descr.
species :
Diaphananthe sanfordiana Szlach. & Olszewski; Fl. Cameroun 36: 744 (2001)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Diaphananthe pellucida subsp. sanfordiana (Szlach. & Olszewski) R.Rice; Prelim. Checklist & Survey Subtrib. Aerangidinae (Orchidac.) 30 (2005)
species :
Diaphananthe sarcophylla (Schltr. ex Prain) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012)
Distribution: Cameroon; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi
23 BUR CMN RWA ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Chamaeangis orientalis Summerh.; Kew Bull. 473 (1951 publ. 1952)
= Chamaeangis sarcophylla Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 597 (1915)
species :
Diaphananthe sarcorhynchoides J.B.Hall; Kew Bull. 290: 428 (1974)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
22 GHA IVO 23 CMN EQG GAB
species :
Diaphananthe spiralis (Stévart & Droissart) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012)
Distribution: S-Nigeria; W-Cameroon
22 NGA 23 CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Chamaeangis spiralis Stévart & Droissart; Syst. Bot. 34(2): 289 (2009)
species :
Diaphananthe subclavata (Rolfe) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 100 (1918)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum subclavatum Rolfe; Bol. Soc. Brot. 9: 140 (1891)
= Listrostachys subclavata (Rolfe) Rolfe; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 160 (1897)
species :
Diaphananthe suborbicularis Summerh.; Kew Bull. 14: 278 (1958)
Distribution: Ghana
22 GHA
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Diaphananthe thomensis (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 45 (2012)
Distribution: São Tomé
23 SAO
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum thomense Rolfe; Bol. Soc. Brot. 9: 141 (1891)
= Chamaeangis thomensis (Rolfe) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 109 (1918)
= Listrostachys thomensis (Rolfe) Rolfe; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 163 (1897)
species :
Diaphananthe trigonopetala Schltr.; Orchis 8: 136 (1914)
Distribution: +Cameroon
23 CMN
Remarks: status uncertain, no material left, described from cultivated material flowering in 1910, possibly a synonym of D. bidens
species :
Diaphananthe vagans (Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 46 (2012)
Distribution: Principe Isl.
23 PRI
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum vagans Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 135 (1862)
= Chamaeangis vagans (Lindl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 109 (1918)
= Epidorkis vagans Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891)
= Listrostachys vagans (Lindl.) Rolfe; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 162 (1897)
species :
Diaphananthe vandiformis (Kraenzl.) Schltr.; Orchideen 594 (1914)
Distribution: W-Cameroon
23 CMN
Remarks: status uncertain, possible synonym of D. fragrantissima
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum ledermannianum Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 2: 397 (1914)
= Listrostachys vandiformis Kraenzl.; Orchis 2: 136 (1908)
species :
Diaphananthe vesicata (Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward; Phytotaxa 71: 46 (2012)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB RWA ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Angorkis vesicata (Lindl.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 652 (1891)
= Angraecum vesicatum Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 6 (1843)
= Chamaeangis kloetzliana Szlach. & Olszewski; Fl. Cameroun 36: 764 (2001)
= Chamaeangis vesicata (Lindl.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 109 (1918)
= Chamaeangis vesicata var. kloetzliana (Szlach. & Olszewski) R.Rice; Prelim. Checklist & Survey Subtrib. Aerangidinae (Orchidac.) 25 (2005)
= Listrostachys vesicata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 190 (1865)
species :
Diaphananthe welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 101 (1918)
Distribution: +NW-Angola
26 ANG
Conservation Status: known only from type collection in 1857
Synonyms: hidden
= Angorkis welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 652 (1891), et Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 458 (1894)
= Listrostachys welwitschii Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 190 (1865)
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