''Hemipilia tominagae'' is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae, native to Taiwan.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Bunzō Hayata in 1916 as ''Gymnadenia tominagae''. Hayata stated that the plant he described was collected by T. Tominaga. He spelt the specific epithet as ''"tominagai"'', and this spelling has been used by some subsequent authors when transferring the species to a different genus. However, the ''

International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants The ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants, fungi and a few other groups of organisms, all those "trad ...

'' requires names not published in a form specified by the code to be corrected to conform to it, and personal names ending in "-a", even if the person is a man, should have an epithet in the

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formed by adding "-e". The epithet is thus correctly spelt ''"tominagae"''. The species has been transferred to several genera: to ''Amitostigma'', to '' Orchis'', ''Ponerorchis'', and now to ''

Hemipilia ''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'' ...

''. Several other species have been brought into synonymy with ''Hemipilia tominagae''.

References

tominagae Flora of Taiwan Plants described in 1916 {{Orchidoideae-stub