Hsenhsua is a genus of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. Its only species is Hsenhsua chrysea,[2] native to Bhutan to South Central China.[1] It is placed in the tribe Orchideae.[3]

Hsenhsua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Hsenhsua
X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin[2]
Species:
H. chrysea
Binomial name
Hsenhsua chrysea
(W.W.Sm.) X.H.Jin, Schuit., W.T.Jin & L.Q.Huang[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Chusua chrysea (W.W.Sm.) P.F.Hunt
  • Habenaria chrysea W.W.Sm.
  • Orchis chrysea (W.W.Sm.) Schltr.
  • Ponerorchis chrysea (W.W.Sm.) Soó

The genus was first described in 2014.[2] The species Hsenhsua chrysea was first described, as Habenaria chrysea, by William Wright Smith in 1921.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Hsenhsua chrysea (W.W.Sm.) X.H.Jin, Schuit., W.T.Jin & L.Q.Huang", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-08-06
  2. ^ a b c "Hsenhsua X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-08-06
  3. ^ Jin, Wei-Tao; Jin, Xiao-Hua; Schuiteman, André; Li, De-Zhu; Xiang, Xiao-Guo; Huang, Wei-Chang; Li, Jian-Wu & Huang, Lu-Qi (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, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.004, PMID 24747003
  4. ^ "Hsenhsua chrysea (W.W.Sm.) X.H.Jin, Schuit., W.T.Jin & L.Q.Huang", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2020-08-06