Cynorkis micrantha (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr.

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!] • 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]! • Sainte-Rose; 10.II.2010; 21°09’S, 55°45’E; alt. 2070 m; Hivert 3586; CBNM! • 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 .

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).