Genus: Angraecum

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Orchidaceae

About 200 species (Africa, Madagascar and Mascarene Islands, Sri Lanka), of which 11 are native to southern Africa. An additional seven species are cultivated in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Angraecum calceolus Recorded from Mozambique.
Angraecum chamaeanthus
Angraecum chimanimaniense Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Angraecum conchiferum
Angraecum cultriforme
Angraecum humile Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Angraecum minus Recorded from Zimbabwe.
Angraecum pusillum See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Angraecum sacciferum
Angraecum stella-africae
Angraecum stolzii Recorded from Mozambique.

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Angraecum costatum Native to Réunion.
Angraecum cultriforme Native to tropical Africa.
Angraecum cucullatum Native to Madagascar.
Angraecum eburneum Native to Madagascar.
Angraecum erectum Native to tropical Africa.
Angraecum sesquipedale Native to Madagascar.
Angraecum striatum Native to Madagascar.