Ponerorchis simplex

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]

Ponerorchis simplex
Scientific 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

Taxonomy

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

  1. China Plant Specialist Group. 2004. Amitostigma simplex. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004. Downloaded on 10 September 2015.
  2. "Ponerorchis simplex", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-03-17
  3. 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


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