Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 321 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (M.) v.v.

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.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 112 [secondary reference]

Sargent, O.H. (1906), Orchids occurring in York. Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society 2(3): 11 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 185 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: King George Sound, Brown, Dec. 1801 - holo.: BM, iso.: BM.

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): 69 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 95 [secondary reference]

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: 51 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 283 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 375 [secondary reference]

common name: Tall Mignonette Orchid [n/a] common name: Common Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

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

common name: Mignonette orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "intermediate, alluding to the intermediate floral structure"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 334 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

misapplication: Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 24 misapplication: Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. 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): 30 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 398 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

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