Cynorkis graminea (Thouars) Schltr. 1924 SECTION Parviflorae
Photo by © Solofo Eric Rakotoarisoa and The Natusfera Website
Drawing by © Thouars and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
LATER
THROUGH EARLY 
Common Name The Grass-Like Cynorchis
Flower Size .32" [8 mm]
Found in Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion in peaty soils in marshlands, wet grasslands and beside streams at elevations of sea-level to 2000 meters as a hot to cool growing terrestrial with 3 to 6, linear, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms at any time of the year on an erect, 6 to 24" [15 to 60 cm] long, somewhat corymbose apically, several flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Benthamia graminea (Thouars) Schltr. 1924; Bicornella graminea (Thouars) Szlach. & Kras 2006; Bicornella longifolia Lindl. 1838; Bicornella parviflora Ridl. 1885; Bicornella similis Schltr. 1916; Cynorkis longifolia (Lindl.) Schltr.1924; Cynorkis similis (Schltr.) Schltr. 1924; Cynosorchis graminea Schltr. 1925; Habenaria graminea (Thouars) Spreng. 1826; Peristylus gramineus (Thouars) S.Moore 1877; Platanthera graminea (Thouars) Lindl. 1835; *Satyrium gramineum Thouars 1822
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Historie Particulier des Plantes Orchidees Recueilles Sur Trois Iles Australes d'Afrique Thouars 1822 as Satyrium gramineum drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Bicornella parviflora; Flora of Madagascar Perrier 1939/81 as Cynosorchis graminea; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #3 2009 photo not????; Les Orchidees de Madagascar Bosser & Lecoufle 2015 photo fide;
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