''Hemipilia'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
s in the family
Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
. It is native to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, the
Himalayas
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and
Southeast Asia
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.
Flora of China v 25 p 98, 舌喙兰属 she hui lan shu, ''Hemipilia'' Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 296. 1835.
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Species
# '' Hemipilia calophylla'' C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. - Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
# '' Hemipilia cordifolia'' Lindl. - Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Assam
# '' Hemipilia crassicalcarata'' S.S.Chien - Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan
# '' Hemipilia cruciata'' = ''H. cordifolia''
# '' Hemipilia discolor'' Aver. & Averyanova - Vietnam
# '' Hemipilia flabellata'' Bureau & Franch. - Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
# '' Hemipilia forrestii'' Rolfe - Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
# '' Hemipilia henryi'' Rolfe - Sichuan, Hubei
# '' Hemipilia kwangsiensis'' Tang & F.T.Wang ex K.Y.Lang - Yunnan, Guangxi
# '' Hemipilia limprichtii'' Schltr. - Yunnan, Guizhou
# ''Hemipilia × mixta
''Hemipilia'' is a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.
Species
# ''Hemipilia calophylla'' C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. - Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
# ''Hemipilia cordifolia'' L ...
'' Ormerod - Sichuan ''(H. cordifolia × H. flabellata)''
# '' Hemipilia purpureopunctata'' (K.Y.Lang) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin – south-east Tibet to Arunachal Pradesh
# '' Hemipilia yunnanensis'' Schltr. - Yunnan
References
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Orchideae genera
Orchids of Asia
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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