Ponerorchis simplex

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Ponerorchis simplex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Ponerorchis
Species:
P. simplex
Binomial name
Ponerorchis simplex
(Tang & F.T.Wang) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Amitostigma simplex Tang & F.T.Wang

Ponerorchis simplex (synonym Amitostigma simplex) is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to China, found only in Sichuan and Yunnan.[2][3][1] Its flowers are yellow, sometimes with brown spots.[3]

Taxonomy[edit]

The species was first described in 1940 by Tsin Tang and Fa Tsuan Wang, as Amitostigma simplex.[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 becoming Ponerorchis simplex.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b China Plant Specialist Group (2004). "Amitostigma simplex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T46632A11072538. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46632A11072538.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ponerorchis simplex", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-03-17
  3. ^ a b Flora of China v 25 p 126, 黄花无柱兰 huang hua wu zhu lan, Amitostigma simplex
  4. ^ 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