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.

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

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

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