Cynorkis inermis (Thouars) Hermans & P.J.Cribb 2017
Plant and Flowers in situ Reunion
Photos by © Carola Pahl, taken in Reunion
Drawing by © Thouars and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
Common Name The Naked Cynorkis
Flower Size
Found in Mauritius as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with 1 to 2, plicate, 3 nerved, elliptic, obtuse leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, several to many flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Amphorkis inermamphis Thouars 1822; *Amphorkis inermis Thouars 1822; Arnottia inermis (Thouars) S.Moore 1877; Arnottia mauritiana A.Rich. 1828; Cynorkis arnottioides Rchb.f. 1855; Ophrys dubia Thouars 1822; Rodriguezia mascarenensis Spreng. 1826
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 as Amphorkis inermis drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as A mauritania; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids 1965; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids 1965 as A mauritania; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 5 257- 320 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1974 as A mauritania photo fide; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973 as A mauritania photo fide;
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