Microtis (Orchidaceae)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Microtis']

English: Onion orchids
فارسی: ارکیده‌های پیازی
перем коми: Микротис
коми: Микротис
кырык мары: Микротис
удмурт: Микротис
中文: 葱叶兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 葱叶兰属
中文（简体）: 葱叶兰属
中文（繁體）: 蔥葉蘭屬
中文（香港）: 蔥葉蘭屬
中文（臺灣）: 蔥葉蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Diurideae • Subtribus: Prasophyllinae • Genus: Microtis (Orchidaceae) R.Br. (1810)

Genus Microtis R.Br. (1810)[edit]

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Goadbyella R.S.Rogers, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 51: 294 (1927) Hydrorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Orchadian 13: 462 (2002) Microtidium D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Orchadian 13: 463 (2002)

22 Species[edit]

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 28 March 2018):
M. alba, M. alboviridis, M. angusii, M. arenaria, M. atrata, M. brownii, M. cupularis, M. eremaea, M. eremicola, M. familiaris, M. globula, M. gracilenta, M. graniticola, M. media, M. oblonga, M. oligantha, M. orbicularis, M. parviflora, M. pulchella, M. quadrata, M. rara, M. unifolia

Included species (for Tropicos, 28 March 2018):

M. aemula, M. alba, M. angusii, M. arenaria, M. atrata, M. banksii, M. benthamiana, M. biloba, M. bipulvinaris, M. brownii, M. cupularis, M. densiflora, M. eremaea, M. eremicola, M. familiaris, M. formosana, M. frutetorum, M. globula, M. graniticola, M. gymnadenioides, M. holmesii, M. javanica, M. longifolia, M. magnadenia, M. media, M. minutiflora, M. oblonga, M. oligantha, M. orbicularis, M. pallida, M. papillosa, M. parviflora, M. porrifolia, M. pulchella, M. quadrata, M. rara, M. truncata, M. unifolia, M. viridis
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. (1871)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Norfolk Islands, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - New Caledonia, Vanuatu.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Microtis (Orchidaceae).

Microtis (Orchidaceae)

Genus Microtis R.Br. (1810)[edit]

22 Species[edit]

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