Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 348 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia. Drummond, 4th or 5th coll. n. 117, and perhaps the same from King George's Sound, Maclean."

Rogers, R.S. (1913), Additions to South Australian Orchideae. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 37: 129 [secondary reference]

Nicholls, W.H. (1949), The genus Microtis in Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist 66(5): 91, in obs. [secondary reference]

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

• Type: "W. Australia, Drummond 117, 1849-holo.: K.."

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 185 [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): 69 [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 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Microtis parviflora R.Br. legitimate by Rogers, R.S. (1913), Additions to South Australian Orchideae. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 37: 129

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Microtis parviflora R.Br. legitimate by Nicholls, W.H. (1949), The genus Microtis in Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist 66(5): 91, in obs.

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

• Type: Western Australia, 1849, J. Drummond 117 (holo: K; iso: MEL.).

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

basionym of: Microtis densiflora (Benth.) M.A.Clem. legitimate

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: 56 [basionym]

basionym of: Microtis media subsp. densiflora (Benth.) R.J.Bates legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Microtis media subsp. densiflora (Benth.) R.J.Bates legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 395 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Microtis densiflora (Benth.) M.A.Clem. legitimate

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