Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Microtis graniticola R.J.Bates
, legitimate , scientific
Bates, R.J. (29 August 1996) , Arid land Microtis (Orchidaceae) in Western Australia with the description of three new taxa. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 17 :
120, fig. 1A-E, map 1
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Holotype: Wave Rock, Hyden, 13.x.1990, R.Bates 24077 (AD; iso.: PERTH).
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised) :
437
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite Mignonette Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
226
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite mignonette orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"granite-loving, alluding to the preferred habitat of the species"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
341
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite Mignonette Orchid
[n/a]
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, 130
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019) , Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5) :
30
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
397-398
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite Mignonette Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2 :
50
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite Mignonette Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin graniticus (granite) and -cola (dweller, inhabitant), in reference to the preferred habitat of this species."