Aerangis ugandensis

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Aerangis ugandensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Aerangis
Species:
A. ugandensis
Binomial name
Aerangis ugandensis
Summerh. (1931)

Aerangis ugandensis is a species of epiphytic orchid native to Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo-Kinshasa (Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo). [1] [2]

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References

  1. Summerhayes, Victor Samuel. 1931. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1931: 390.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families