Tsaiorchis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae.

Tsaiorchis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Tsaiorchis
T.Tang & F.T.Wang[1]
Species

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Taxonomy

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Tsaiorchis is placed in the orchid subfamily Orchidoideae, tribe Orchideae, subtribe Orchidineae. The relationship between Tsaiorchis and the rest of the subtribe is as shown in the cladogram below.[2]

Orchidinae

all other genera

Although Tsaiorchis was shown to be sister to an expanded genus Hemipilia, the two have significant differences. Hemipilia grows from tubers, Tsaiorchis has horizontally extending rhizomes. The detailed structure of the flowers is also different.[2]

Species

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Tsaiorchis contains the following species:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Tsaiorchis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  2. ^ a b Wei-Tao Jin; Xiao-Hua Jin; André Schuiteman; De-Zhu Li; Xiao-Guo Xiang; Wei-Chang Huang; Jian-Wu Li; Lu-Qi Huang (2014). "Molecular systematics of subtribe Orchidinae and Asian taxa of Habenariinae (Orchideae, Orchidaceae) based on plastid matK, rbcL and nuclear ITS". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 77: 41–53. Bibcode:2014MolPE..77...41J. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.004. PMID 24747003.
  3. ^ "Search for Tsaiorchis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-03-25.