Cynorkis ridleyiT.Durand & Schinz

WFO wfo-0000934971 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cynorkis ridleyi, photographed by Kai Squires
fig. a Kai Squires, CC BY 4.0 / 2017-10-06 / obs. 58962431
Cynorkis ridleyi, photographed by Louis Imbeau
fig. b Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53016008
Cynorkis ridleyi, photographed by Louis Imbeau
fig. c Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53016792
Cynorkis ridleyi, photographed by Louis Imbeau
fig. d Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53004834
Cynorkis ridleyi, photographed by Steven Bachman
fig. e Steven Bachman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2469503
Cynorkis ridleyi, photographed by Scott Loarie
fig. f Scott Loarie, CC0 1.0 / obs. 2391872
Cynorkis ridleyi, photographed by Steven Bachman
fig. g Steven Bachman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2364814
Cynorkis ridleyi, photographed by Stuart Cable
fig. h Stuart Cable, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2503976

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Cynorkis ridleyi is native: Comoros, Madagascar, Réunion Madagascar ComorosRéunion
Native distribution of Cynorkis ridleyi, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Comoros COM AFRICA
Madagascar MDG
Réunion REU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Amphorkis lilacina Ridl.
  • Amphorkis variegata var. digitata Cordem.
  • Amphorkis variegata var. polymorpha Cordem.
  • Bicornella ridleyi (T.Durand & Schinz) Szlach. & Kras
  • Cynorkis rhomboglossa Schltr.
  • Cynosorchis variegata (Frapp.) Schltr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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