Hemipilia purpureopunctata is a terrestrial orchid native to high elevations (2100–3400 m) in the eastern Himalayas and Tibet.

[1][2] The species was first described by Kai Yung Lang in 1978, as Habenaria purpureopunctata.

It was placed in the monotypic genus Hemipiliopsis in 2003.

[3] On the basis of molecular phylogenetic studies, in 2014, Hemipiliopsis was subsumed into Hemipilia, with the species becoming Hemipilia purpureopunctata.

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