Orchidaceae Juss.
Microtis brownii Rchb.f. , legitimate, scientific
Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Die Orchideen des Prodromus R. Browns. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 24 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In palud. ad portum Regis Georgii III. Decb. 1801. R. Br.!"
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 184 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: In paludibus ad portum Regis Georgii III, R.Brown, Dec. 1801 - lecto.: K.
taxonomic synonym: Microtis truncata R.S.Rogers legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 238-239 [secondary reference]
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 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis rara R.Br. legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis rara R.Br. 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 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis rara R.Br. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 326 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis rara R.Br. legitimate
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 380 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis rara R.Br. 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 truncata R.S.Rogers legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 287 [secondary reference]
common name: Sweet Mignonette Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 287 [secondary reference]
common name: Sweet Mignonette Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 86 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 374 [secondary reference]
common name: Sweet Mignonette Orchid [n/a]
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 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Microtis rara R.Br. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 228 [secondary reference]
common name: Sweet mignonette orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "named for the famous naturalist, Robert Brown"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 345 [secondary reference]
common name: Sweet 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]
taxonomic synonym: Microtis truncata R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis truncata R.S.Rogers isonym misapplication: Microtis rara R.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56
  • APC Dist.: WA
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: 395 [secondary reference]
common name: Sweet Mignonette Orchid [n/a] common name: Sweet Onion Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 46 [secondary reference]
common name: Sweet Mignonette Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Named in honour of the famous Naturalist Robert Brown, a member of the Flinders expedition to Australia during which he collected the type specimen of this species."