Tylostigma spp.

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2025v47a11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17727252
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scientific name	Tylostigma spp.
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Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 34 (2): 297 ( Schlechter 1916).

REMARK

During this study we found many Tylostigma specimens filed under Benthamia . For example, Tylostigma nigrescens Schltr. and T. perrieri Schltr. , both with white flowers and growing in marshes, have often been identified as Benthamia sp. Yet Tylostigma flowers have no spur, whereas Benthamia flowers always have a distinctive spur, except Benthamia boiteaui for which it is a simple hollow. Another difference is that Tylostigma flowers have a transverse lamellate callus at the base of the lip, which does not occur in Benthamia .