Editing Anguloa (section)

{{short description|Species of plant}}
{{automatic taxobox
| image = Anguloa clowesii2.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Anguloa clowesii]]''
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Anguloa
| authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruíz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón|Pav.]]
| type_species = ''[[Anguloa uniflora]]''
| type_species_authority = Ruíz & [[José Antonio Pavón|Pav.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Anguloa''''', commonly known as '''tulip orchids''', is a small [[orchid]] [[genus]] closely related to ''[[Lycaste]]''. Its abbreviation in [[horticulture]] is '''Ang'''. This genus was described by [[José Antonio Pavón]] and [[Hipólito Ruiz López]] in 1798. They named it in honor of [[Francisco de Angulo]], Director-General of Mines of [[Spain]].<ref>Angulo, Francisco. DB~e. La Real Academia de la Historia. [https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/24974/francisco-angulo]</ref>

This genus is found on the [[forest floor]] at high elevations from [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Bolivia]] and [[Peru]].<ref name="tammy">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=9775 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Oakeley, Henry F. (1999) ''Anguloa'': The species, the hybrids and a checklist of Angulocastes. ''Orchid Digest'' '''63'''(4: Supplement) 1–32. [http://www.orchidoman.net/NGULOAKey.html Online version]</ref><ref>Dr. Henry F. Oakeley, 2008 : Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa: The Essential Guide</ref> ''Anguloa'' is closely related to ''[[Lycaste]]'' and [[Ida (plant)|''Ida'']], and can hybridize with ''Lycaste''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Oakeley |first=Henry |date=2005 |title=522. ANGULOA TOGNETTIAE: Orchidaceae |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45066090 |journal=Curtis's Botanical Magazine |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=63–70 |issn=1355-4905}}</ref>