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Taxon

Angraecum leonis (Rchb.f.) André

Protologue Rev. Hort. (Paris) 57: 294. 1885 [1 Jul 1885] , as 'Leonii'BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 164.jpg

Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 164.jpg

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Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 165.jpg

Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 165.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 157.jpg

Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 157.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 160.jpg

Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 160.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 166.jpg

Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 166.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 161.jpg

Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 161.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 159.jpg

Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 159.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 162.jpg

Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 162.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 167.jpg

Angraecum leonis--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne Garden. 19 Mch 05. 167.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Comoros, Madagascar (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

March 19, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Whyte Thorne Private Garden)

0.579167, 9.332778

Location Remarks

Ca. 23 km E of Nelspruit, Karino Region, then S to Whyte Thorne Private Garden of Douglas McMurtry and Shane Burns.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Angraecum

Specific Epithet

leonis

Authorship

(Rchb.f.) André

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#159,455 of 335,497

Top 48%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →