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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Aeranthes''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = Vandeae
| subtribus = Angraecinae
| alliance = Aeranthes
| genus = '''''Aeranthes'''''
| genus_authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}

'''''Aeranthes''''' [[John Lindley|Lindley]], 1824 is an [[orchid]] [[genus]] with 47 species, mostly from shady, tropical humid forests in [[Zimbabwe]], [[Madagascar]] and islands in the Western [[Indian Ocean]].

The name "aeranthes" means 'aerial flower', because it seems to float in the air.

''Aeranthes'' has a single short, erect, [[monopodial ]] [[Plant stem|stem]]. The leathery, shining, opposite [[Leaf|leaves]] are arranged in two rows of five to seven leaves, with a length of 15-25 cm. New leaves are formed at the top of the stem in a [[monopodial]] growth pattern.

The threadlike [[flower]] stalk grows downward to a length of almost 30cm. It carries one or two almost translucent, greenish yellow flowers. The [[sepal]]s and the shorter [[petal]]s taper off into five long, narrow shoots. Some give an agreeable, sweet scent in the evening or early morning.

== Species ==
*''Aeranthes adenopoda'' (Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes aemula'' (N. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes africana'' (Zimbabwe - Vuma Mts.).
*''Aeranthes albidiflora'' (Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes ambrensis'' (N. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes angustidens'' (NE. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes antennophora'' (C. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes arachnitis'' (Mascarenes).
**''Aeranthes arachnitis'' var. ''arachnitis'' (Mascarenes). Epiphytic hemicr. or cham.
**''Aeranthes arachnitis'' var. ''balfourii'' (Rodrigues). Epiphytic hemicr. or cham.
*''Aeranthes bathieana'' (C. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes biauriculata'' (C. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes brevivaginans'' (NW. & C. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes carnosa'' (Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes caudata'' (Comoros, Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes crassifolia'' (N. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes denticulata'' (NE. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes dentiens'' (Comoros, Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes ecalcarata'' (N. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes erectiflora'' (Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes filipes'' (N. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes fragrans'' (Mascarenes).
*''Aeranthes grandiflora'' (Comoros, Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes henrici'' (N. & NW. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes hermannii'' (Réunion).
*''Aeranthes laxiflora'' (N. & E. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes leandriana'' (C. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes longipes'' (EC. & E. Madagascar)
*''Aeranthes moratii'' (N. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes multinodis'' (Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes neoperrieri'' (NE. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes nidus'' (N. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes orophila'' (C. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes orthopoda'' (C. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes parkesii'' (Zimbabwe - Mt. Nyangani).
*''Aeranthes parvula'' (N. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes peyrotii'' (C. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes polyanthemus'' (C. & SE. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes ramosa'' (C. & NE. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes robusta'' (C. & NE. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes sambiranoensis'' (N. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes schlechteri'' (N. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes setiformis'' (C. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes setipes'' (N. & NE. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes strangulata'' (Réunion).
*''Aeranthes subramosa'' (Madagasca).
*''Aeranthes tenella'' (Réunion, N. Madagascar).
**''Aeranthes tenella'' var. ''borbonica'' (Réunion). Epiphytic hemicr. or cham.
**''Aeranthes tenella'' var. ''tenella'' (N. Madagascar). Epiphytic hemicr. or cham.
*''Aeranthes tricalcarata'' (SW. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes tropophila'' (NW. Madagascar).
*''Aeranthes virginalis'' D.L.Roberts (Comoros Islands)

[[Category:Orchid genera]]

Aeranthes - Revision history

Envoy at 06:13, 26 June 2007