Aenhenrya

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]

Aenhenrya
Illustration of the flower from the protologue of basionym Odontochilus rotundifolius.
Scientific 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[1][2]
Odontochilus rotundifolius Blatt. Anoectochilus rotundifolius (Blatt.) N.P.Balakr. Aenhenrya agastyamalayana Gopalan

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]