Aenhenrya

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Aenhenrya
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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
Binomial name
Aenhenrya rotundifolia
(Blatt.) C.S.Kumar & F.N.Rasm.
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Odontochilus rotundifoliusBlatt.
  • Anoectochilus rotundifolius(Blatt.) N.P.Balakr.
  • Aenhenrya agastyamalayanaGopalan

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 "Aenhenrya rotundifolia (Blatt.) C.S.Kumar & F.N.Rasm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Kumas, C.S., & F.N. Rasmussen. 1997. Reappearance of Odontochilus rotundifolius Blatter and its transfer to Aenhenrya Gopalan (Orchidaceae). Novon 7: 81-84.
  4. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
  6. ↑ "Aenhenrya Gopalan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Genus Aenhenrya Gopalan". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

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