Microtis unifolia

Microtis unifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diurideae
Subtribus: Prasophyllinae
Genus: Microtis
Species: Microtis unifolia

Name

Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f., Beitr. Syst. Pflanzenk.: 62 (1871)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Ophrys unifolia G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 59 (1786)
• Heterotypic
  • Epipactis porrifolia Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 233 (1800)
  • Microtis porrifolia (Sw.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 320 (1810
  • Microtis banksii A.Cunn. ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 62: t. 3377 (1835)
  • Microtis pulchella Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 395 (1840), nom. illeg.
  • Microtis frutetorum Schltdl., Linnaea 20: 568 (1847)
  • Microtis javanica Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 36 (1857)
  • Microtis viridis F.Muell., Fragm. 5: 97 (1865), nom. illeg.
  • Microtis benthamiana Rchb.f., Beitr. Syst. Pflanzenk.: 24 (1871)
  • Microtis papillosa Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 18: 269 (1885 publ. 1886)
  • Microtis longifolia Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 17: 247 (1885)
  • Microtis aemula Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 37 (1906)
  • Microtis bipulvinaris Nicholls, Victorian Naturalist 66: 92 (1949)
  • Microtis holmesii Nicholls, Victorian Naturalist 66: 94 (1949)
  • Microtis formosana Schltr. ex Masam., Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. 9: 122 (1964)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast. Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Malesia Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi. Australasia Australia New South Wales, Norfolk Islands, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. New Zealand Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Pacific Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia, Vanuatu. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 181 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
  
• Reichenbach, H.G. (1871) Beitrage zur systematischen Pflanzenkunde 62.

Additional references

• de Lange, P.J., Gardner, R.O., Sykes, W.R., Crowcroft, G.M., Cameron, E.K., Stalker, F., Christian, M.L. & Braggins, J.E. (2005) Vascular flora of Norfolk Island: some additions and taxonomic notes. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 563–596.
• St George, I. (2008) The New Zealand Orchis, The editor's annual list:2008. The New Zealand Native Orchids 110: 8–19.
• Silveira, P., Schuiteman, A., Vermeulen, J.J., Sousa, A.J., Silva, H., Paiva, J. & De Vogel, E. (2008) The orchids of Timor: checklist and conservation status. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 197–215.
• Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009) Flora of China 25: 1–570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Microtis unifolia. Accessed: 2021 Aug 29.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Microtis unifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 29. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Microtis unifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Microtis unifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Microtis unifolia. Published online. Accessed: 29 Aug 2021.
• New Zealand Native Orchid Group: Microtis unifolia
• Tropicos.org 2021. Microtis unifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Aug 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Common onion orchid
日本語: ニラバラン
中文: 韭葉蘭, 坠桃草, 葱叶兰
中文（简体）: 葱叶兰

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