Hemipilia capitata

Hemipilia capitata is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae.^[2] It is endemic to China, where it is known from Sichuan and Hubei.^[3][1] It produces white flowers.^[4]

Hemipilia capitata
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Hemipilia
Species:	H. capitata
Binomial name
Hemipilia capitata (Tang & F.T.Wang) Y.Tang & H.Peng
Synonyms
Amitostigma capitatum Tang & F.T.Wang Ponerorchis capitata (Tang & F.T.Wang) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1936 by Tsin Tang and Fa Tsuan Wang, as Amitostigma capitatum.^[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 capitata.^[5] The genus Ponerorchis has since been synonymized with the genus Hemipilia, resulting in the present name.