Hemipilia keiskei (Finet) Y.Tang, H.Peng & T.Yukawa 2015 Hemipilia sect. Ponerorchis Y. Tang & H. Peng 2015
Plant and Flowers in situ Japan
Photos courtesy of Natsui from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page
Amitostigma keiskei'Dainisyou'
Photos courtesy of Rogier van Vugt ©
Common Name Keiske's Hemipilia [Japanese Botanist late 1800's] - In Japan Iwa-Chidori
Flower Size .25" [4mm]
Found on Honshu Island of Japan as a miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial or lithophyte and blooms in the spring
Synonyms Amitostigma keiskei Schltr. 1919; *Gymnadenia gracilis var. keiskei Finet 1900; Gymnadenia keiskei Maxim. 1879; Orchis keiskei (Schltr.) Soó 1929; Ponerorchis keiskei (Finet) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin 2014
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 4 193 to 256 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1973 as Amitostigma keiskei;AOS Bulletin Vol 44 #9 1975 as Amitostigma keiskei; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #3 2015 as Amitostigm keiskei photo fide; Phylogeny and classification of the East Asian Amitostigma alliance (Orchidaceae: Orchideae) based on six DNA markers Ying Tang, Tomohisa Yukawa, Richard M Bateman, Hong Jiang & Hua Peng 2015; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #4 2017 photo fide;
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