Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Microtis rara R.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805
321
[tax. nov.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853) , First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly
18
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(35)
97
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Microtis viridis F.Muell. nom. illeg.
Reichenbach, H.G. (1871) , Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde
62
[basionym]
basionym of:
Microtis unifolia var. rara (Rchb.f. legitimate
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora
195
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Microtis porrifolia R.Br. ex Spreng. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales
21
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Microtis unifolia (Rchb.f. legitimate
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids
92
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Microtis unifolia (Rchb.f. legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A
59-60
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers legitimate
common name:
Sweet Onion-orchid [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
30
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Microtis unifolia (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)
77
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
R. Brown s.n., Port Jackson, New South Wales, 1804 (BM lecto., K!, ? AD iso!).
nomenclatural synonym:
Microtis unifolia var. rara (Rchb.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis brownii Rchb.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis truncata R.S.Rogers legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis magnadenia R.S.Rogers legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Microtis viridis F.Muell. nom. illeg.
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
56
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis brownii Rchb.f. legitimate
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]
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis brownii Rchb.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis truncata R.S.Rogers legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
326, 327, 329
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis brownii Rchb.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis magnadenia R.S.Rogers legitimate
common name:
Sweet Onion Orchid [n/a]
common name:
Scented Onion Orchid [n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
380
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Microtis unifolia var. rara (Rchb.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis viridis F.Muell. nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis brownii Rchb.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis truncata R.S.Rogers legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis magnadenia R.S.Rogers legitimate
common name:
Scented Onion Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
96
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Microtis unifolia var. rara (Rchb.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis magnadenia R.S.Rogers legitimate
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia
99-100 (map), Fig. 139, Plate 122
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers legitimate
common name:
slender mignonette orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Sweet onion-orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"The name rara (far apart, sparse) refers to the flowers which are more widely spaced than in other microtis."
Rowe, R.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Microtis. Flora of New South Wales 4
154, pl. 9
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis magnadenia R.S.Rogers legitimate
common name:
Scented Onion 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
867, Fig. 183g-h
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers legitimate
common name:
Scented Onion-orchid [n/a]
common name:
Sweet Onion-orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1
34-35, Plate 80
[secondary reference]
common name:
Scented Onion Orchid [n/a]
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]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999) , The Orchids of Tasmania
173
[secondary reference]
common name:
Scented Onion Orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2
34-35, Plate 80
[secondary reference]
common name:
Scented Onion [n/a]
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 oblonga R.S.Rogers 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 brownii Rchb.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers legitimate
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, 73, 88, 96
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Microtis unifolia var. rara (Rchb.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microtis magnadenia R.S.Rogers legitimate
APC Comment:
Circumscription of Microtis rara in SA and Qld includes M. oblonga .
APC Dist.:
SA, Qld, NSW, Vic
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers legitimate
by Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Microtis brownii Rchb.f. legitimate
by Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
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
400
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Microtis unifolia var. rara (Rchb.f. legitimate
common name:
Scented Onion Orchid [n/a]
