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Genus of flowering plants

Aenhenrya
Illustration of the flower from the protologue of basionym Odontochilus rotundifolius.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Odontochilus rotundifolius Blatt.
  • Anoectochilus rotundifolius (Blatt.) N.P.Balakr.
  • Aenhenrya agastyamalayana Gopalan

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).

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. The Latin specific epithet of rotundifolia is Latin for round-leaved. It was first described and published in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Vol.90 on page 270 (1993, published in 1994). Then the species was first published in Novon Vol.7 on page 81 in 1997.

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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.

Others sources

  • Pridgeon, A. M. et al., eds. 2003. Genera Orchidacearum. 3:66-68. (Oxford University Press)
Taxon identifiers
Aenhenrya
Aenhenrya rotundifolia


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