Thaia saprophytica

Thaia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Thaia saprophytica, native to Laos and Thailand.^[1][2][3]

Thaia saprophytica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Thaieae X.H.Jin & X.G.Xiang
Genus:	Thaia Seidenf.
Species:	T. saprophytica
Binomial name
Thaia saprophytica Seidenf.

Thaia was previously tentatively placed in the tribe Neottieae, but is now placed as the only genus in the tribe Thaieae.^[4]

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera