Aeranthes bigibba Hermans & Rajaov.
, Orchids (West Palm Beach) 92(11): 839 (2023).
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77331202-1
- Publication
- Orchids. Magazine of the American Orchid Society. West Palm Beach, Florida.
- Collation
- 92(11): 839
- Date of Publication
- Nov 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Hermans 2178
- Locality
- Toamasina prov., eastern forest, c. 900 m
- Type Herbaria
- holotype K
isotype TAN - Distribution Of Types
- Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean, Africa)
- Type Remarks
- fl. May 1999, herbarium material ex Malala Orchidées
Nomenclatural Notes
as 'bigibbum'
Remarks
Etymology: the specific epithet refers to the prominent swellings at the base of the lip and indirectly to the prominent hemispherical mentum.