Hemipilia simplex
Species of orchid
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Hemipilia simplex is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to China, where it is found in Sichuan and Yunnan.[2][3][1] Its flowers are yellow, sometimes with brown spots.[3]
| Hemipilia simplex | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Hemipilia |
| Species: | H. simplex |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemipilia simplex (Tang & F.T.Wang) Y.Tang & H.Peng | |
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Taxonomy
The species was first described in 1940 by Tsin Tang and Fa Tsuan Wang, as Amitostigma simplex.[4] 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 simplex.[5] The genus Ponerorchis has since been synonymized with the genus Hemipilia, resulting in the present name.
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