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Ansellia
Ansellia is considered a monotypic genus of orchid, with only one species, ''Ansellia africana'', commonly known as African ansellia or leopard orchid, however, it is in fact a complex group of species which share common floral structure and growth habit. The plants are found throughout neotropical and subtropical Africa. It was named after John Ansell, an English assistant botanist. who found the first specimens in 1841 on the Fernando Po Island in West Africa. This genus is abbreviated as Aslla in horticultural trade. It is referred to along with ''Grammatophyllum'' as a "trash basket" orchid due to its odd habit of creating a makeshift container of aerial roots to catch falling leaf litter for nutrients.〔The Orchids, Natural History and Classification, Robert L. Dressler. ISBN 0-674-87526-5〕 == Distribution and habitat == This orchid is native to tropical and southern Africa,〔(Ansellia africana in World Checklist of Orchidaceae. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew )〕 found alongside coasts and rivers in the canopy of trees, usually at elevations lower than 700 m (occasionally up to 2,200 m).〔
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