Ponerorchis secundiflora

Ponerorchis secundiflora (synonym Neottianthe secundiflora) is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is native from the Himalayas to China.[1]

Ponerorchis secundiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Ponerorchis
Species:
P. secundiflora
Binomial name
Ponerorchis secundiflora
(Kraenzl.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin
Synonyms[1]
  • Peristylus secundiflorus Kraenzl.
  • Gymnadenia secundiflora (Kraenzl.) Kraenzl.
  • Neottianthe secundiflora (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
  • Habenaria secundiflora Hook.f., nom. illeg.
  • Neottianthe mairei Schltr.

Taxonomy

The species was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1890, under the name "Habenaria secundiflora".[1] However, this name had already been used for a different species in 1881, so was illegitimate.[2] The species was first legitimately named in 1898 by Friedrich Kraenzlin as Peristylus secundiflorus. It was later transferred to Gymnadenia and then to Neottianthe.[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 becoming Ponerorchis secundiflora.[3]

Distribution

Ponerorchis secundiflora is native to the Himalayas, including Tibet, Nepal and the Assam region. Its range extends to Myanmar and south-central China (west Sichuan and north-west Yunnan).[1]

References
  1. "Ponerorchis secundiflora", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-03-17
  2. "Plant Name Details for Habenaria secundiflora", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2018-03-31
  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


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