Hemipilia tibetica | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Genus: | Hemipilia |
Species: | H. tibetica
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Binomial name | |
Hemipilia tibetica (Schltr.) Y.Tang & H.Peng
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Hemipilia tibetica is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae, which is endemic to China. It is found from south-eastern Tibet to south-central China (north-western Yunnan). [1]
The species was first described in 1924 by Rudolf Schlechter, as Amitostigma tibeticum. [2] A molecular phylogenetic study in 2014 found that species of Amitostigma, Neottianthe and Ponerorchis were mixed together in a single clade, making none of the three genera monophyletic as then circumscribed. Amitostigma and Neottianthe were subsumed into Ponerorchis, with this species then becoming Ponerorchis tibetica. [3] The genus Ponerorchis has since been synonymized with the genus Hemipilia, resulting in the present name.