Hemipilia ovata

Hemipilia ovata is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to south-central China (western Sichuan).

Hemipilia ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Hemipilia
Species:
H. ovata
Binomial name
Hemipilia ovata
(K.Y.Lang) Y.Tang & H.Peng
Synonyms
  • Neottianthe ovata K.Y.Lang
  • Ponerorchis ovata (K.Y.Lang) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1997 by Kai Yung Lang, as Neottianthe ovata.[1] A molecular phylogenetic study in 2014 found that species of Neottianthe, Amitostigma and Ponerorchis were mixed together in a single clade, making none of the three genera monophyletic as then circumscribed. Neottianthe and Amitostigma were subsumed into Ponerorchis, with this species then becoming Ponerorchis ovata.[2] The genus Ponerorchis has since been synonymized with the genus Hemipilia, resulting in the present name.

References

  1. "Ponerorchis ovata", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-03-25
  2. 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


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