Aenhenrya

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Goodyerinae
Genus: Aenhenrya
Species: A. rotundifolia
Name

Aenhenrya Gopalan, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 90: 270 (1993 publ. 1994)

monotypic taxon

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Gopalan, R. 1994. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 90 (2): 270.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 132 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aenhenrya. Accessed: 2021 Apr 29.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aenhenrya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 29. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aenhenrya in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 29. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Aenhenrya. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Aenhenrya. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Aenhenrya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Apr 2021.

Vernacular names

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]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
"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

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