Mengzia
| Mengzia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Arethuseae |
| Subtribe: | Arethusinae |
| Genus: | Mengzia W.C.Huang, Z.J.Liu & C.Hu |
| Species: | M. foliosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mengzia foliosa | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mengzia is a genus of orchids. It includes a single species, Mengzia foliosa, a rhizomatous geophyte native to Myanmar, Thailand, and southern Yunnan province in south-central China.[1][2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Mengzia foliosa (King & Pantl.) W.C.Huang, Z.J.Liu & C.Hu". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ Wei-Chang Huang, Zhong-Jian Liu, Kai Jiang, Yi-Bo Luo, Xiao-Hua Jin, Ze Zhang, Ru-Hua Xu, John Kumau Muchuku, Stanely S Musungwa, Tomohisa Yukawa, Wei Wang, Xin-Hua Zeng, Hui-Ming Zhang, You-Ming Cai, Chao Hu, Si-Ren Lan. Phylogenetic analysis and character evolution of tribe Arethuseae (Orchidaceae) reveal a new genus Mengzia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 167, 2022, 107362, ISSN 1055-7903, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107362.