Kylicanthe, Descourvieres, Stevart & Droissart, 2018

Descourvières, Pascal, Farminhão, João N. M., Dubuisson, Vincent Droissart Jean-Yves, Simo-Droissart, Murielle & Stévart, Tariq, 2018, A new genus of angraecoid orchids (Orchidaceae: Angraecinae) with highly distinctive pollinaria morphology, including three new species from tropical West and Central Africa, Phytotaxa 373 (2), pp. 99-120 : 103

Key to differentiate Kylicanthe from the most morphologically similar genera

1. Pollinaria with two independent viscidia ................................................................................................................... Rhipidoglossum

- Pollinaria with one viscidium.............................................................................................................................................................2

2. Margin of stipes erose to fringed, viscidium calceiform; fruits always ventricose............................................................ Kylicanthe

- Margin of stipes entire; viscidium discoid; fruits not ventricose.......................................................................................................3

3. Two stipes...................................................................................................................................................................... Diaphananthe

- One stipe.............................................................................................................................................................................................4

4. Lip trumpet-shaped with a wide spur entrance................................................................................................................... Eurychone

- Lip spur filiform, with a narrow spur entrance...................................................................................................................... Aerangis