Mengzia

Mengzia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Arethuseae
Subtribe:	Arethusinae
Genus:	Mengzia W.C.Huang, Z.J.Liu & C.Hu
Species:	M. foliosa
Binomial name
Mengzia foliosa (King & Pantl.) W.C.Huang, Z.J.Liu & C.Hu
Synonyms [1]
Arethusa sinensisRolfe Bletilla chinensisSchltr. Bletilla foliosa(King & Pantl.) Tang & F.T.Wang Bletilla sinensis(Rolfe) Schltr. Jimensia sinensis(Rolfe) Garay & R.E.Schult. Pogonia foliosaKing & Pantl. (1897) (basionym)

Mengzia is a genus of orchids. It includes a single species, Mengzia foliosa, a rhizomatous geophyte native to Myanmar, Thailand, and southern Yunnan province in south-central China. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. "Mengzia foliosa (King & Pantl.) W.C.Huang, Z.J.Liu & C.Hu". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 21 August 2025.
2. Wei-Chang Huang, Zhong-Jian Liu, Kai Jiang, Yi-Bo Luo, Xiao-Hua Jin, Ze Zhang, Ru-Hua Xu, John Kumau Muchuku, Stanely S Musungwa, Tomohisa Yukawa, Wei Wang, Xin-Hua Zeng, Hui-Ming Zhang, You-Ming Cai, Chao Hu, Si-Ren Lan. Phylogenetic analysis and character evolution of tribe Arethuseae (Orchidaceae) reveal a new genus Mengzia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 167, 2022, 107362, ISSN 1055-7903, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107362.