Tsaiorchis

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Tsaiorchis
Species: (2)
T. keiskeoides – T. neottianthoides
Name

Tsaiorchis Tang & F.T.Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 7: 131 (1936)

Type species: Tsaiorchis neottianthoides Tang & F.T.Wang (1936)

References

Tang, T. & Wang, F.T. 1936. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology: Botany 7: 131.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Tsaiorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 July 25. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2017. Tsaiorchis in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2017 July 25.
Tropicos.org 2017. Tsaiorchis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 July 2017.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Tsaiorchis. Published online. Accessed: 25 July 2017. Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Tsaiorchis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2017 July 25.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: China
China South-Central, China Southeast.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
Vernacular names

中文: 长喙兰属
中文（简体）: 长喙兰属

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

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]

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

Tsaiorchis contains the following species:[3]

Tsaiorchis neottianthoides T.Tang & F.T.Wang
Tsaiorchis keiskeoides (Gagnep.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin

References

"Tsaiorchis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
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.
"Search for Tsaiorchis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-03-25.