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]
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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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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]
References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Kumas, C.S., & F.N. Rasmussen. 1997. Reappearance of Odontochilus rotundifolius Blatter and its transfer to Aenhenrya Gopalan (Orchidaceae). Novon 7: 81-84.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
- ^ "Aenhenrya Gopalan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Genus Aenhenrya Gopalan". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
Others sources
edit- Pridgeon, A. M. et al., eds. 2003. Genera Orchidacearum. 3:66-68. (Oxford University Press)
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