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Aenhenrya is a monotypic genus of terrestrial that spread by means of underground . Only one species is known, Aenhenrya rotundifolia, a very rare plant and endemic to southern India (within Kerala and Tamil Nadu). Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Kumas, C.S., & F.N. Rasmussen. 1997. Reappearance of Odontochilus rotundifolius Blatter and its transfer to Aenhenrya Gopalan (Orchidaceae). Novon 7: 81-84.
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.Lotte Burkhardt (2025). 9783946292265, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. . ISBN 9783946292265 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.
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