Rhipidoglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 53 species, all from sub-Saharan Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (Eds) (2014) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part 3); page 431 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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.