Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(4): 90 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In planitiebus uliginosis apud montem Abrupt, prope flumen Glenelg et in terra Gipps Land juxta paludes Moe Swamp."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 218 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microtis atrata Lindl. legitimate

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): 56 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microtis atrata Lindl. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 94 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`In planitiebus uliginosis apud montem Abrupt' [Near Mt. Abrupt, Victoria], F. Mueller s.n. (lectotype MEL!, isolectotype K-L! K!)"

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 94 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microtis atrata Lindl. legitimate

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 atrata Lindl. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microtis atrata Lindl. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 391 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microtidium atratum (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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