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

• Type: "(J. M. T.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(35): 97 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microtis viridis F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 195 [basionym]

basionym of: Microtis porrifolia var. parviflora (R.Br.) Rodway legitimate

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]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 192 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 546 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Microtis porrifolia R.Br. ex Spreng. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 112 pro parte misapplication: Microtis porrifolia R.Br. ex Spreng. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 190

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 123 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Small-flowered.

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 23 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 217-218 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 21 [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: 477 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 90-91 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 116, Fig. 112A-A3 [secondary reference]

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

• Text: Recorded for Western Australia by Rogers in Black, Fl. S. Austral. 123 (1922) but the typical form does not occur in this state.

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 59 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Onion-orchid [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 30 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. 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): 65 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "R. Brown s.n., Port Jackson (New South Wales) 1803–5 (BM lecto.!, K!, AD!, iso? syn.)."

nomenclatural synonym: Microtis porrifolia var. parviflora (R.Br.) Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis benthamiana Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis holmesii Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Microtis viridis F.Muell. nom. illeg. misapplication: Microtis parviflora var. densiflora Benth. legitimate by Rogers, R.S. (1913), Additions to South Australian Orchideae. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 37: 129 misapplication: Microtis parviflora var. densiflora Benth. legitimate by Nicholls, W.H. (1949), The genus Microtis in Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist 66(5): 91, in obs.

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 327-328 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Onion Orchid [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 379 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis holmesii Nicholls legitimate common name: Slender Onion Orchid [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Microtis porrifolia var. parviflora (R.Br.) Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis javanica Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis benthamiana Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis aemula Schltr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis holmesii Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls legitimate

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 99 (map), Fig. 141, Plate 121 [secondary reference]

common name: swamp onion-orchid [n/a] common name: green onion-orchid [n/a] common name: Slender onion-orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 286 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 186-188 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Microtis porrifolia var. parviflora (R.Br.) Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis javanica Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis benthamiana Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis aemula Schltr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis holmesii Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls legitimate

Rowe, R.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Microtis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 154-155 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls legitimate common name: Slender Onion Orchid [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. & Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Microtis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 866-867, Fig. 183e-f [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Microtis holmesii Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls legitimate common name: Slender Onion-orchid [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 309 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 172 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Onion Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "small flowers"

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4: 270 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Onion Orchid [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 23 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Microtis holmesii Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls 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 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 158-159 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Onion Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "small flowers"

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 99 [secondary reference]

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, 64, 73, 88, 96, 106, 114 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Microtis parviflora R.Br. var. parviflora legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Microtis porrifolia var. parviflora (R.Br.) Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis javanica Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis benthamiana Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis aemula Schltr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis holmesii Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Microtis eremaea R.J.Bates legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 99 (map), Fig. 141, Plate 121

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Microtis eremaea R.J.Bates legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 23

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Microtis eremaea R.J.Bates 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): 30 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 399 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Microtis porrifolia var. parviflora (R.Br.) Rodway legitimate common name: Slender Onion Orchid [n/a]

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