Ansellia africana

African Ansellia · Orchidaceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

OrchidaceaeOther

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Orchidaceae

Life form

Other

Documented native regions

Africa

Environmental usesMaterialsMedicinal useSocial uses

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	15.21 – 29.17	15.81 – 28.63
Temperature of the warmest month	20.23 – 40.33	21.85 – 39.61
Temperature of the coldest month	2.47 – 22.89	3.31 – 22.39
Annual precipitation	25.62 – 4960.86	64.48 – 4736.7
Precipitation seasonality	22.7 – 180.92	27.5 – 165.44

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	4.61 – 39.86	5.5 – 28.9
Clay	%	5.21 – 48.68	7.97 – 43.52
Coarse fragments	%	0.7 – 28.91	1.45 – 25.3
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.43 – 11.22	0.49 – 5.05
pH	—	4.4 – 8.88	4.5 – 8.7
Sand	%	21.16 – 88.73	35.7 – 84.1
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	2.8 – 96.43	3.35 – 71.05

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.