Aenhenrya | |
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Illustration of the flower from the protologue of basionym Odontochilus rotundifolius. | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Cranichideae |
Subtribe: | Goodyerinae |
Genus: |
Aenhenrya Gopalan |
Species: | A. rotundifolia
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Binomial name | |
Aenhenrya rotundifolia (Blatt.) C.S.Kumar & F.N.Rasm.
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Aenhenrya is a monotypic genus of terrestrial orchids that spread by means of underground rhizomes. Only one species is known, Aenhenrya rotundifolia, a very rare plant and endemic to southern India (within Kerala and Tamil Nadu). [1] [3]
The genus name of Aenhenrya is in honour of Ambrose Nathaniel Henry (b. 1936), Indian botanist with a focus on the flora of Southern India. [4] The Latin specific epithet of rotundifolia is Latin for round-leaved. [5] It was first described and published in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Vol.90 on page 270 (1993, published in 1994). [6] Then the species was first published in Novon Vol.7 on page 81 in 1997. [2]
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species. [7]