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Comet Orchids
Angraecum
The genus Angraecum, abbreviated as Angcm in horticultural trade, common name Angrek (Indonesian and Malay) or Comet Orchid, contains about 220 species.
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Angraecum
sectionAngraecum

Arachnangraecum
sectionArachnangraecum

Perrierangraecum
sectionPerrierangraecum

Nana
sectionNana

Humblotiangraecum
sectionHumblotiangraecum

Boryangraecum
sectionBoryangraecum

Pseudojoumellea
sectionPseudojoumellea

Gomphocentrum
sectionGomphocentrum

Pectinaria
sectionPectinaria

Hadrangis
sectionHadrangis

Angraecoides
sectionAngraecoides

Lemurangis
sectionLemurangis

Acaulia
sectionAcaulia

Dolabrifolia
sectionDolabrifolia

Lepervenchea
sectionLepervenchea

Conchoglossum
sectionConchoglossum
Chlorangraecum
sectionChlorangraecum

Angraecum dives
speciesAngraecum dives

Bonniera
sectionBonniera

Angraecum rotundifolium
speciesAngraecum rotundifolium

Angraecum perparvulum
speciesAngraecum perparvulum

Angraecum tamonii
speciesAngraecum tamonii

Angraecum brachyrhopalon
speciesAngraecum brachyrhopalon
Angraecum affine
speciesAngraecum affine

Angraecum pergracile
speciesAngraecum pergracile
Angraecum spectabile
speciesAngraecum spectabile
Angraecum curvicaule
speciesAngraecum curvicaule
Angraecum cornucopiae
speciesAngraecum cornucopiae
Angraecum gracile
speciesAngraecum gracile
Angraecum curvipes
speciesAngraecum curvipes
Angraecum cribbianum
speciesAngraecum cribbianum
Afrangraecum
sectionAfrangraecum
Angraecum modicum
speciesAngraecum modicum
Angraecum astroarche
speciesAngraecum astroarche
Angraecum imerinense
speciesAngraecum imerinense
Angraecum serpens
speciesAngraecum serpens
Angraecum crassifolium
speciesAngraecum crassifolium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Angraecum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 140943.