Thaia saprophytica

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Thaia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Thaia saprophytica, native to Laos and Thailand.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=203530 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Schuiteman, A., Bonnet, P., Vannachak, V. & Barthélémy, D. (2009). Thaia saprophytica is not a saprophyte. The Orchid Review 117: 02-97.Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

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