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{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Tsaiorchis
| authority = T.Tang & F.T.Wang[1]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}Tsaiorchis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. TaxonomyTsaiorchis 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.[{{clade |style=line-height:100%]
|label1=Orchidinae
|1={{clade
|1={{clade
|1=Sirindhornia
|2={{clade
|1=Ponerorchis
|2={{clade
|1=Hemipilia
|2=Tsaiorchis }} }} }}
|2=all other genera
}}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. SpeciesTsaiorchis contains the following species:[4]- Tsaiorchis neottianthoides T.Tang & F.T.Wang
- Tsaiorchis keiskeoides (Gagnep.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin
References1. ^1 {{cite web |title=Tsaiorchis|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=209331 |accessdate=2018-03-25}}
2. ^1 {{cite web |title=Search for Tsaiorchis|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://wcsp.science.kew.org/home.do |accessdate=2018-03-25 }}
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