Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Microtis arenaria
Orchidaceae Juss.
Microtis arenaria Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (February 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 396 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Hab. in Tasmannia in sabulo juxta mare sub fine Dec. Gunn, 916."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(35): 97 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis viridis F.Muell. nom. illeg.
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 195 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis porrifolia R.Br. ex Spreng. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 92 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. legitimate
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): 68 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. legitimate
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 379 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 94 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Microtis biloba Nicholls legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Microtis pulchella var. vivax Lindl. legitimate
Entwisle, T.J. & Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Microtis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 868 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Microtis biloba Nicholls legitimate
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 35, Plate 83 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), Introduction and the genera Acianthus, Arthrochilus, X Calassodia, Calochilus, Corybas, Cyrtostylis, Dipodium, Dockrillia, Gastrodia, Leptoceras, Microtis, Pyrorchis and Townsonia. Australian Orchid Research 3: 11 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Microtis pulchella var. vivax Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis biloba Nicholls legitimate
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 169 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Microtis biloba Nicholls legitimate common name: Notched Onion Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "growing in sand"
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 35, Plate 83 [secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 23 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Microtis biloba Nicholls 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]
taxonomic synonym: Microtis biloba Nicholls legitimate pro parte misapplication: Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. legitimate by Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 62
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 99 [secondary reference]
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 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Microtis pulchella var. vivax Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis biloba Nicholls legitimate pro parte misapplication: Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2097-2098
  • APC Dist.: SA, NSW, 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]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 394 [secondary reference]
common name: Pale Onion Orchid [n/a]