Ancistrorhynchus
Introduction '''''Ancistrorhynchus''''' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family Orchidaceae. It contains 16 species native to tropical Africa.
Species #''Ancistrorhynchus akeassiae'' Pérez-Vera - Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Liberia#''Ancistrorhynchus brevifolius'' Finet - Congo-Brazzaville#''Ancistrorhynchus capitatus'' (Lindl.) Summerh. - Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Uganda, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa)#''Ancistrorhynchus cephalotes'' (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo #''Ancistrorhynchus clandestinus'' (Lindl.) Schltr. - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Rwanda, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon, Uganda, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa)#''Ancistrorhynchus crystalensis'' P.J.Cribb & Laan - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands#''Ancistrorhynchus laxiflorus'' Mansf. - Tanzania#''Ancistrorhynchus metteniae'' (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon, Uganda, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa), Tanzania, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Islands, #''Ancistrorhynchus ovatus'' Summerh. - Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon, Uganda, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa)#''Ancistrorhynchus parviflorus'' Summerh. - Tanzania#''Ancistrorhynchus paysanii'' Senghas - Kenya#''Ancistrorhynchus recurvus'' Finet - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo, Cameroon, Uganda, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa), Gulf of Guinea Islands#''Ancistrorhynchus schumannii'' (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa)#''Ancistrorhynchus serratus'' Summerh - Bioko, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville#''Ancistrorhynchus straussii'' (Schltr.) Schltr. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa)#''Ancistrorhynchus tenuicaulis'' Summerh. - Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Kinshasa), Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi
See also * List of Orchidaceae genera
References * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1.Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2.Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3.Oxford Univ. Press* Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart