Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Rogers, R.S. (1907), Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 31: 63 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "I found this plant on November 2, growning in a swamp at Myponga, a plasituated about thirty-seven miles south of Adelaide." [given by R.Bates, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 7 (1984) 58 as "R.S. Rogers 2213, Myponga Swamp (South Australia), 2.xi.1906 (AD, holo.!, AD!, AK!, BM, NSW!, PERTH!, iso.)."]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 123 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Disk-shaped labellum.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 218 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 90 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 185 [secondary reference]

• Type: Myponga, S.A. Rogers, Nov. 2, 1906 - holo.: AD; iso.: BM, PERTH, NSW.

Jessop, J.P. (19 December 1977), Endangered species in the South Australian native vascular flora. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(2): 136 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 60-61 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Onion-orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 240-241 [secondary reference]

common name: Dark Mignonette [n/a]

Bates, R. (19 June 1984), The genus Microtis R.Br. (Orchidaceae): a taxonomic revision with notes on biology. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 7(1): 58-60 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 829 [secondary reference]

common name: Dark Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 327 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 95 [secondary reference]

Bates, R.J. (21 September 1990), Notes on the genus Microtis (Orchidaceae) in Western Australia with the description of two new taxa. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 13: 57 [secondary reference]

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 98-99 (map), Fig. 138, Plate 120 [secondary reference]

common name: Dark mignonette orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 279 [secondary reference]

common name: Dark Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. & Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Microtis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 866, Fig. 183c-d [secondary reference]

common name: Dark Mignonette-orchid [n/a]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 34, Plate 77 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 279 [secondary reference]

common name: Dark Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 171 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Onion Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "orbicular, round and flat (labellum)"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 34, Plate 77 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 87 [secondary reference]

common name: Dark Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 375 [secondary reference]

common name: Dark Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.S., Mackenzie, A.M. & Molloy, B.P.J. (January 2002), Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(10): 462 [basionym]

basionym of: Hydrorchis orbicularis (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 23 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hydrorchis orbicularis (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 198 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hydrorchis orbicularis (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 222 [secondary reference]

common name: Dark mignonette orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "orbicular, alluding to the shape of the labellum"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 348 [secondary reference]

common name: Dark Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: ".... its distinctive disc shaped labellum, which gives rise to the scientific name orbicularis."

Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 29, 96, 106, 114, 130 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hydrorchis orbicularis (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Hydrorchis orbicularis in Tas.
• APC Dist.: WA, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 390 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hydrorchis orbicularis (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 42 [secondary reference]

common name: Dark Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin orbiculus (rounded, circular), in reference to the rounded shape of the labellum."

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