Novelties among East African angraecoids (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) Meise Botanic Garden
Here we describe and illustrate two new species of angraecoid orchids from East Africa, Tridactyle delepierrei and Ypsilopus iversenii, respectively from Albertine Rift (Rwanda and Uganda) and west Usambaras (Tanzania). The first species is closely allied to the three species of Tridactyle sect. Eggelingiae and to Tridactyle nalaensis. The second species is closely related to Y. leedalii from the southern highlands of Tanzania, and the ...