Orchidaceae Juss.
Microtis eremaea 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]:
119, fig. 1F-I, map 1
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
30 km W of Mt Magnet on granite outcrop, 2.ix.1984, R.Bates 4175 (holo.: AD; iso.: AD, CANB, PERTH).
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)]:
286
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender Mignonette Orchid
[n/a]
[Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue]:
86
[secondary reference]
[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]
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
226
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender mignonette orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"desert or lonely places, alluding to the inland habitat of the species"
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
344
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender 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, 96, 130
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication:
Microtis parviflora R.Br.
legitimate
by [Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia]: 99 (map), Fig. 141, Plate 121
misapplication:
Microtis parviflora R.Br.
legitimate
by [Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis]: 23
misapplication:
Microtis parviflora R.Br.
legitimate
by [Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]: 56
[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]:
396
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender Mignonette Orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Inland Onion Orchid
[n/a]
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2]:
48
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender Mignonette Orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"From the Greek eremos (lonely place, desert), in reference to the arid inland habitat of the species."