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Ancistrorhynchus
Ancistrorhynchus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family Orchidaceae. It contains 16 species native to tropical Africa.
Calyptrochilum
Calyptrochilum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family Orchidaceae native to tropical Africa, with one species extending into Brazil.
Bolusiella
Bolusiella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 4 currently recognized species that are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and the Comoro Islands.
Beclardia
Beclardia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There are two recognized species, both native to islands in the Indian Ocean:
Oeonia
Oeonia is a genus of rare orchids (family (Orchidaceae) comprising 5 currently accepted species native to Madagascar and the Mascarenes.
Cyrtorchis
thumb|Photo of Cyrtorchis praetermissa Summerh. growing on a rock at the foot of the Mulanje Massif in [[Malawi]] thumb|right|Shift in floral colouration from white to orange in an Cyrtorchis arcuata subsp. arcuata inflorescence due to senescence, which is characteristic for this genus thumb|right|Cyrtorchis crassifolia Schltr.
Rhipidoglossum
Rhipidoglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 53 species, all from sub-Saharan Africa. thumb|right|Flower buds of Rhipidoglossum millarii
Rangaeris
Rangaeris is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, naive to sub-Saharan Africa.
Mystacidium
Mystacidium, abbreviated as Mycdm in horticultural trade, is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It is native to eastern and southern Africa from Tanzania to South Africa.
Dinklageella
Dinklageella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 4 known species, all native to tropical West Africa.
Eggelingia
Eggelingia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, and named after the Scots forester, William Julius Eggeling. It contains 3 known species, all native to tropical Africa:
Solenangis
Solenangis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Diaphananthe
Diaphananthe is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. As currently conceived, it contains 33 accepted species, all endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
Ambrella longituba
genus in the orchid family
Oeoniella
Oeoniella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, both native to various islands in the Indian Ocean.
Cryptopus
genus of plants
Microcoelia
Microcoelia is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean.
Ypsilopus
Ypsilopus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae native to Africa.
Eurychone
Eurychone is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The genus was founded in 1918 by Rudolf Schlechter. It contains two known species, both native to tropical Africa.
Nephrangis
Nephrangis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two known species, both native to tropical Africa.
Tridactyle
Tridactyle is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has about 60-70 known species, all native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Sobennikoffia
Sobennikoffia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains four known species, all endemic to Madagascar.
Angraecinae
Angraecinae is a subtribe in the family Orchidaceae. The subtribe consists of approximately 47 genera. The type genus is Angraecum. Most of the genera are endemic to Africa, Madagascar and other Indian Ocean Islands, a few genera can also be found in the Americas.
Lemurella
Lemurella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 4 currently recognized species (as of June 2014), native to Madagascar and to the Comoro Islands.
Summerhayesia
Summerhayesia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has two known species, both native to tropical Africa.
Chauliodon
Chauliodon is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Chauliodon deflexicalcaratum, native to tropical Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Kinshasa).
Listrostachys
Listrostachys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Many species have been placed in the genus over the years, most of them now transferred to other groups. At present (June 2014), only one species remains in the genus: Listrostachys pertusa. It is native to tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Congo-Kinshasa.
Eurychone rothschildiana
species of plant
Bolusiella iridifolia
species of plant
Microcoelia exilis
species of plant
Plectrelminthus
Plectrelminthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Only one species is currently accepted, Plectrelminthus caudatus, though two varieties are recognized (as of June 2014):
Tridactyle bicaudata
species of plant
Sphyrarhynchus
Sphyrarhynchus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Sphyrarhynchus schliebenii, endemic to Tanzania.
Diaphananthe eggelingii
species of plant
Lemurorchis
Lemurorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Lemurorchis madagascariensis, an epiphyte endemic to Madagascar.
Erasanthe
Erasanthe is a genus of epiphytic orchids. It contains only one known species, Erasanthe henrici, endemic to Madagascar. Two subspecies are recognized:
Triceratorhynchus
Triceratorhynchus is a genus of flowering plants of the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to central Africa: Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Kenya.
Rhaesteria
Rhaesteria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Rhaesteria eggelingii, native to Rwanda and Uganda.