Cynorkis micrantha (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr.

Hervouet, Jean-Michel, Descourvières, Pascal, Hermans, Johan & Longou, Ludivine, 2025, Revision of the genus Benthamia A. Rich. (Orchidaceae, Orchidioideae, Habenariinae), Adansonia (3) 47 (11), pp. 171-249 : 246-247

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https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2025v47a11

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17179281

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scientific name

Cynorkis micrantha (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr.
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Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 33 (2): 401 ( Schlechter 1915). — Hemiperis micrantha Frapp. ex Cordem ., Flore de l’île de la Réunion: 239 ( Cordemoy 1895).

Hemiperis aphylla Cordem. nomen nudum based on Cordemoy 9, also quoted Habenaria or Bescherellia . — Benthamia micrantha (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Hermans & Hervouet , Flore des Mascareignes 170: 118 ( Hermans & Cribb 2023), nom. illeg., non Benthamia micrantha (Suksd.) Druce (itself nom. illeg. in Boraginaceae ).

TYPE MATERIAL. — France, La Réunion • sine loc.; Cordemoy 9; lectotype: MARS!, designated by Hermans & Cribb (2021: 103); isolectotype K!.

ADDITIONAL SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — France, La Réunion Piton Mare à Boue Plaine des Cafres ; 21°09’S, 55°34’E; 30.III.1974; J. Bosser 21773; P [ P00150069 !] • GoogleMaps J. Bosser 21661; P! spirit • Îlet de Patience, Bras Cabot path ; 21°06’S, 55°37’E; 7.IV.1978; J. Bosser 22462; P [ P02088075 , P02088076 ]! • GoogleMaps Sainte-Rose; 10.II.2010; 21°09’S, 55°45’E; alt. 2070 m; Hivert 3586; CBNM! • GoogleMaps Saint-Joseph; 26.I.2010; alt. 1920 m; Hivert 3587; CBNM!.

Madagascar • Analamanga, Angavokely ; 18°55’36”S, 47°45’07”E; 25.III.2015; photograph in Hervouet (2018: 162) as Benthamia exilis var. tenuissima . GoogleMaps

NOTES

Evidence has been published by Pailler et al. (2024), based on DNA analysis and morphological comparison, that this species better fits into the genus Cynorkis , its correct name is therefore Cynorkis micrantha (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr. Note that Schlechter published another Cynorkis micrantha the same year ( Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie v.53: 388, 1915), it is a nom. illeg., synonym of Cynorkis anacamptoides Kraenzl.

See also: Pailler & Henze (2020: 74, as Benthamia exilis Schltr. ), Hermans & Cribb (2023: 118).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

SubFamily

Orchidoideae

Tribe

Orchideae

SubTribe

Habenariinae

Genus

Cynorkis

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