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 R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 :
320
[tax. nov.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
112
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
264
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
537
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II :
191
[secondary reference]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 :
122
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 :
217
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Greek mikros , small; ous , an ear"
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales :
20-22
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
476
[secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids :
89-93
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory :
116
[secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
184
[secondary reference]
Garay, L.A. & Sweet, H.R. (1974) , Orchids of Southern Ryuku Islands :
42
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Microtis rara R.Br.
Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A :
56-57
[secondary reference]
common name:
Onion-orchid
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
30
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) , Orchids of South-West Australia :
229
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mignonette Orchids
[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) :
45-89
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Goadbyella R.S.Rogers
legitimate
Bates, R. (June 1986) , The genus Microtis in Australia. The Orchadian 8(8) :
163-166, Fig. 34
[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 :
828
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
323, 325
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
378-379
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
94
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Goadbyella R.S.Rogers
legitimate
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia :
96-97 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
common name:
Onion-orchids
[n/a]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera :
185
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Goadbyella R.S.Rogers
legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 :
277
[secondary reference]
common name:
Onion Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Mignonette Orchids
[n/a]
Dockrill, A.W. (1993) , Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1 :
184
[secondary reference]
Rowe, R.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Microtis. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
154
[secondary reference]
common name:
Onion Orchids
[n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. & Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Microtis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
865
[secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49 :
533
[secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1 :
33-34
[secondary reference]
common name:
Onion Orchids
[n/a]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999) , The Orchids of Tasmania :
167-168
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"... is derived from the Greek micros (small) and otis (ear) and refers to the small ear-shaped column wings."
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2 :
33-34
[secondary reference]
common name:
Onion Orchids
[n/a]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001) , Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1) :
12
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
373
[secondary reference]
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) :
463
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Goadbyella R.S.Rogers
legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
221
[secondary reference]
common name:
onion orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Mignonette orchids
[n/a]
Etymology:
"small ear, alluding to the small membranous wings on the column"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (2008) , Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory :
279
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"from the Greek micros , small, tiny and ous, otis , an ear; reference to the tiny, membranous column wings that flank the anther"
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
546
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Microtidium D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Hydrorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
333
[secondary reference]
common name:
Onion Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Mignonette Orchids
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Goadbyella R.S.Rogers
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtidium D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Hydrorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019) , Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5) :
29
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Microtis R.Br. subg. Microtis
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Goadbyella R.S.Rogers
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
391-393
[secondary reference]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2 :
36
[secondary reference]
common name:
Onion Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Mignonette Orchids
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek micros (tiny, small) and -otos (ear), in reference to the small ear-like column wings."