Ponerorchis kinoshitae is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to the south Kuril Islands and northern Japan (Hokkaido, north Honshu).

Ponerorchis kinoshitae
In Oze National Park, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Ponerorchis
Species:	P. kinoshitae
Binomial name
Ponerorchis kinoshitae (Makino) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin[1]
Synonyms[1]
Gymnadenia keiskei var. kinoshitae Makino Gymnadenia kinoshitae (Makino) Makino Amitostigma kinoshitae (Makino) Schltr. Orchis kinoshitae (Makino) Soó Gymnadenia gracilis var. angustifolia Finet Amitostigma hisamatsui Miyabe & Tatew.

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1903 by Tomitaro Makino as Gymnadenia keiskei var. kinoshitae. In 1909, he raised it to a full species as Gymnadenia kinoshitae. It was later transferred to other genera, including Orchis and Amitostigma.[1] 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 kinoshitae.[2]

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