Hemipilia trifurcata is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to south-central China (north-western Yunnan).[1]

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

Taxonomy

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The species was first described in 1982 as Amitostigma trifurcatum.[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 trifurcata.[3] The genus Ponerorchis has since been synonymized with the genus Hemipilia, resulting in the present name.

References

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  1. ^ "Hemipilia trifurcata (Tang, F.T.Wang & K.Y.Lang) Y.Tang & H.Peng | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  2. ^ "Ponerorchis trifurcata", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-03-25
  3. ^ 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