Rhipidoglossum

Rhipidoglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 53 species, all from sub-Saharan Africa.

Species

This genus contains the following species:

• Rhipidoglossum adoxum
• Rhipidoglossum afrum
• Rhipidoglossum arbonnieri – grows in epiphyte forests near waterfalls
• Rhipidoglossum bilobatum
• Rhipidoglossum brachyceras
• Rhipidoglossum brevifolium
• Rhipidoglossum burttii
• Rhipidoglossum candidum
• Rhipidoglossum clavatum – lives in Afromontane regions
• Rhipidoglossum confusum
• Rhipidoglossum cuneatum
• Rhipidoglossum curvatum
• Rhipidoglossum delepierreanum – native to rivers at elevations of above sea level
• Rhipidoglossum densiflorum
• Rhipidoglossum eggelingii
• Rhipidoglossum globulare – native to Tanzania
• Rhipidoglossum globulosocalcaratum
• Rhipidoglossum kamerunense
• Rhipidoglossum laticalcar
• Rhipidoglossum laxiflorum
• Rhipidoglossum leedalii – native to Kenya and Tanzania in Eastern Africa
• Rhipidoglossum longicalcar
• Rhipidoglossum lucieae
• Rhipidoglossum magnicalcar
• Rhipidoglossum melianthum
• Rhipidoglossum microphyllum
• Rhipidoglossum mildbraedii
• Rhipidoglossum millarii – grows on twigs in coastal forests of southeastern Cape Provinces and southwestern KwaZulu-Natal
• Rhipidoglossum montanum
• Rhipidoglossum montealenense – native to costal southwest Guinea
• Rhipidoglossum obanense
• Rhipidoglossum ochyrae
• Rhipidoglossum orientalis
• Rhipidoglossum ovale
• Rhipidoglossum oxycentron
• Rhipidoglossum pareense – native to the Pare Mountains of Tanzania
• Rhipidoglossum paucifolium
• Rhipidoglossum pendulum
• Rhipidoglossum philatelicum
• Rhipidoglossum polyanthum
• Rhipidoglossum polydactylum
• Rhipidoglossum pulchellum
• Rhipidoglossum pusillum – a dwarf plant with a stem of
• Rhipidoglossum rutilum – native to tropical Africa
• Rhipidoglossum schimperianum
• Rhipidoglossum stellatum
• Rhipidoglossum stolzii
• Rhipidoglossum subsimplex
• Rhipidoglossum tanneri
• Rhipidoglossum tenuicalcar
• Rhipidoglossum thomense
• Rhipidoglossum ugandense
• Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinium

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

External links

• IOSPE orchid photos, Rhipidoglossum rutilum (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918 Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler
• African Orchids, Rhipidoglossum (very detailed description)
• Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz, Rhipidoglossum rutilum (Rchb. f.) Schltr.
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