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Ponerorchis tominagae is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Taiwan.[1]

Ponerorchis tominagae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Ponerorchis
Species:	P. tominagae
Binomial name
Ponerorchis tominagae (Hayata) H.J.Su & Jr J.Chen[1]
Synonyms[1]
Gymnadenia tominagae Hayata Amitostigma tominagae (Hayata) Schltr. Orchis tominagae (Hayata) Soó Orchis kunihikoana Masam. & Fukuy. Ponerorchis kunikikoana (Masam. & Fukuy.) Soó Chusua kunikikoana (Masam. & Fukuy.) P.F.Hunt Orchis taoloii S.S.Ying Orchis kuanshanensis S.S.Ying

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Bunzō Hayata in 1916 as Gymnadenia tominagae.[1] Hayata stated that the plant he described was collected by T. Tominaga. He spelt the specific epithet as "tominagai",[2] and this spelling has been used by some subsequent authors when transferring the species to a different genus.[3] However, the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants 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 genitive case formed by adding "-e".[4] The epithet is thus correctly spelt "tominagae".[1][3]

The species has been transferred to several genera: to Amitostigma (now included in Ponerorchis), to Orchis, and in 2000, to Ponerorchis. Several other species have been brought into synonymy with Ponerorchis tominagae.[1]

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