Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 320 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

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]

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."

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