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: 56 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Microtis parviflora var. densiflora Benth. legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 284 [secondary reference]

common name: Dense Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 284 [secondary reference]

common name: Dense Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

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

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 224 [secondary reference]

common name: Dense mignonette orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "dense flowers, alluding to the dense flower spike"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 340 [secondary reference]

common name: Dense 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]

nomenclatural synonym: Microtis parviflora var. densiflora Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Microtis densiflora (Benth.) M.A.Clem. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 395 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Microtis densiflora (Benth.) M.A.Clem. legitimate

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 48 [secondary reference]

common name: Dense Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin densus (thick, crowded, dense) and -floris (flower), in reference to the dense flower spike."

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