Cynorkis

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Cynorkis
Overview of species (184)
a

C. aconitiflora – C. alborubra – C. ambondrombensis – C. ampullacea – C. ampullifera – C. anacamptoides – C. andohahelensis – C. andringitrana – C. angustipetala – C. anisoloba – C. aphylla – C. arnottioides – C. aurantiaca – C. australis
b

C. bardotiana – C. baronii – C. bathiei – C. betsileensis – C. betsomangensis – C. bifurca – C. bimaculata – C. bobyi – C. boinana – C. boryana – C. brachycentra – C. brachyceras – C. brachystachya – C. brevicalcar – C. brevicornu – C. breviplectra – C. buchananii – C. buchwaldiana
c

C. cadetii – C. calanthoides – C. calcaripotens – C. cardiophylla – C. castillonii – C. catatii – C. christae – C. cinnabarina – C. clarae – C. clavata – C. coccinelloides – C. commersoniana – C. commersonii – C. comorensis – C. compacta – C. confusa – C. constellata – C. cordemoyi – C. crispa – C. cuneilabia – C. cylindrostachys
d

C. debilis – C. decaryana – C. dens-serpens – C. discolor – C. disperidoides
e

C. elegans – C. elephantina – C. epiphytica – C. ericophila – C. exilis
f

C. falcata – C. fastigiata – C. filiformis – C. fimbriata – C. flabellifera – C. flexuosa – C. formosa – C. frappieri
g

C. gabonensis – C. gaesiformis – C. galeata – C. gibbosa – C. gigas – C. glandulosa – C. globifera – C. globosa – C. globulosa – C. graminea – C. gymnochiloides
h

C. henrici – C. hispidula – C. hologlossa – C. humbertii – C. humblotiana – C. hyacinthina
i

C. imbellis – C. inermis
j

C. jackyi – C. jumelleana
k

C. kassneriana – C. kirkii
l

C. lagenifera – C. lancilabia – C. latipetala – C. laxiflora – C. lemurica – C. lentiginosa – C. lilacina – C. lindleyana – C. lowiana – C. ludens
m

C. mammuthus – C. mangabensis – C. marojejyensis – C. melinantha – C. mellitula – C. mesophylla – C. micrantha – C. minuticalcar – C. monadenia – C. muscicola
n

C. nervilabris – C. nitida – C. nutans
o

C. ochroglossa – C. ochyrae – C. orchioides
p

C. papilio – C. papillosa – C. paradoxa – C. parviflora – C. parvula – C. pelicanides – C. perrieri – C. petiolata – C. peyrotii – C. pinguicularioides – C. pleiadea – C. pleistadenia – C. pseudorolfei – C. purpurascens – C. purpurea
q

C. quinqueloba – C. quinquepartita
r

C. raymondiana – C. ridleyi – C. ringens – C. rolfei – C. rosellata – C. rotundifolia – C. rungweensis
s

C. sacculata – C. sagittata – C. sambiranoensis – C. sanguinolenta – C. saxicola – C. schlechteri – C. schmidtii – C. seychellarum – C. siederi – C. sigmoidea – C. simplex – C. sororia – C. souegesii – C. spatulata – C. speciosa – C. squamosa – C. stenoglossa – C. stolonifera – C. subtilis – C. summerhayesiana – C. sylvatica – C. symoensii – C. syringescens
t

C. tamponensis – C. tenella – C. tenerrima – C. tenuicalcar – C. trilinguis – C. tristis – C. tryphioides
u

C. uliginosa – C. uncata – C. unguiculata – C. uniflora – C. usambarae
v

C. verrucosa – C. villosa – C. violacea – C. volombato
z

C. zaratananae
Nothospecies:

C. × mirabile
Name

Cynorkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 19: 317 (1809)

Type species: Cynorkis fastigiata Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 13 (1822)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Amphorkis Thouars, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1: 316 (1809)
Cynorchis Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 13 (1822), orth. var.
Cynosorchis Thouars, Hist. Orchid.: t. 14 (1822), orth. var.
Arnottia A.Rich., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 29 (1828)
Bicornella Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 334 (1835)
Barlaea Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 54 (1876)
Acrostylia Frapp. ex Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 227 (1895)
Camilleugenia Frapp. ex Eugène Jacob de Cordemoy, Fl. Réunion: 234 (1895)
Hemiperis Frapp. ex Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 235 (1895)
Forsythmajoria Kraenzl. ex Schltr., Die Orchideen: 73 (1914), nom. inval.
Helorchis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 35 (1924)
Lemuranthe Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 84 (1924)
Microtheca Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 76 (1924)
Physoceras Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 33: 78 (1924)
Lowiorchis Szlach., Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 55: 314 (2004)
Imerinorchis Szlach., Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 56: 68 (2005)
Monadeniorchis Szlach. & Kras, Richardiana 6: 178 (2006), nom. nud.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Hermans, J., Andriantiana, J.L., Sieder, A., Kiehn, M., Cribb, P., Rajavelona, L. & Gardiner, L.M. 2017. New species and nomenclatural changes in Cynorkis (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae) from Madagascar and the Mascarenes. Kew Bulletin 72(3): 38. DOI: 10.1007/s1222 Reference page.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 276 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0

Additional references

Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit 1809. Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1: 317.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cynorkis. Accessed: 2021 May 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cynorkis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cynorkis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Cynorkis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cynorkis. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cynorkis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 22.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Цинорхис
коми: Цинорхис
олык марий: Цинорхис
кырык мары: Цинорхис
удмурт: Цинорхис

Cynorkis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, as well as several islands in the Indian Ocean.[1]

Species

Cynorkis alborubra
Cynorkis ambondrombensis
Cynorkis ampullacea
Cynorkis ampullifera
Cynorkis anacamptoides
Cynorkis andohahelensis
Cynorkis andringitrana
Cynorkis angustipetala
Cynorkis anisoloba
Cynorkis aphylla
Cynorkis arnottioides
Cynorkis aurantiaca
Cynorkis bardotiana
Cynorkis baronii
Cynorkis bathiei
Cynorkis betsileensis
Cynorkis bimaculata
Cynorkis boinana
Cynorkis brachycentra
Cynorkis brachyceras
Cynorkis brachystachya
Cynorkis brevicalcar
Cynorkis brevicornu
Cynorkis breviplectra
Cynorkis buchananii
Cynorkis buchwaldiana
Cynorkis cadetii
Cynorkis calanthoides
Cynorkis calcaripotens
Cynorkis cardiophylla
Cynorkis catatii
Cynorkis clarae
Cynorkis clavata
Cynorkis coccinelloides
Cynorkis commersoniana
Cynorkis commersonii
Cynorkis comorensis
Cynorkis compacta
Cynorkis confusa
Cynorkis constellata
Cynorkis cordemoyi
Cynorkis crispa
Cynorkis cuneilabia
Cynorkis cylindrostachys
Cynorkis debilis
Cynorkis decaryana
Cynorkis discolor
Cynorkis disperidoides
Cynorkis elata
Cynorkis elegans
Cynorkis ericophila
Cynorkis exilis
Cynorkis falcata
Cynorkis fastigiata
Cynorkis filiformis
Cynorkis fimbriata
Cynorkis flabellifera
Cynorkis flexuosa
Cynorkis formosa
Cynorkis frappieri
Cynorkis gabonensis
Cynorkis gaesiformis
Cynorkis galeata
Cynorkis gibbosa
Cynorkis gigas
Cynorkis glandulosa
Cynorkis globifera
Cynorkis globosa
Cynorkis globulosa
Cynorkis graminea
Cynorkis guttata
Cynorkis gymnochiloides
Cynorkis henrici
Cynorkis hispidula
Cynorkis hologlossa
Cynorkis humbertii
Cynorkis humblotiana
Cynorkis jumelleana
Cynorkis kaessneriana
Cynorkis kassneriana
Cynorkis kirkii
Cynorkis laeta
Cynorkis lancilabia
Cynorkis latipetala
Cynorkis laxiflora
Cynorkis lilacina
Cynorkis lindleyana
Cynorkis lowiana
Cynorkis ludens
Cynorkis marojejyensis
Cynorkis melinantha
Cynorkis mellitula
Cynorkis micrantha
Cynorkis minuticalcar
Cynorkis monadenia
Cynorkis muscicola
Cynorkis nervilabris
Cynorkis nitida
Cynorkis nutans
Cynorkis ochroglossa
Cynorkis ochyrae
Cynorkis orchioides
Cynorkis papilio
Cynorkis papillosa
Cynorkis paradoxa
Cynorkis parviflora
Cynorkis parvula
Cynorkis pelicanides
Cynorkis perrieri
Cynorkis petiolata
Cynorkis peyrotii
Cynorkis pinguicularioides
Cynorkis pleiadea
Cynorkis pleistadenia
Cynorkis pseudorolfei
Cynorkis purpurascens
Cynorkis purpurea
Cynorkis quinqueloba
Cynorkis quinquepartita
Cynorkis raymondiana
Cynorkis reticulata
Cynorkis rhomboglossa
Cynorkis ridleyi
Cynorkis ringens
Cynorkis rolfei
Cynorkis rosellata
Cynorkis rungweensis
Cynorkis sacculata
Cynorkis sagittata
Cynorkis sambiranoensis
Cynorkis saxicola
Cynorkis schlechteri
Cynorkis schmidtii
Cynorkis seychellarum
Cynorkis sigmoidea
Cynorkis sororia
Cynorkis souegesii
Cynorkis spatulata
Cynorkis squamosa
Cynorkis stenoglossa
Cynorkis stolonifera
Cynorkis subtilis
Cynorkis summerhayesiana
Cynorkis sylvatica
Cynorkis symoensii
Cynorkis tamponensis
Cynorkis tenella
Cynorkis tenerrima
Cynorkis tenuicalcar
Cynorkis trilinguis
Cynorkis tristis
Cynorkis tryphioides
Cynorkis uncata
Cynorkis uniflora
Cynorkis usambarae
Cynorkis variegata
Cynorkis verrucosa
Cynorkis villosa
Cynorkis violacea
Cynorkis zaratananae