Microtis unifolia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Microtis unifolia']

• 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
• 中文（臺灣）: 韭葉蘭

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) • Species: Microtis unifolia (G. Forst.) Rchb.f. (1871)

Synonyms

Basionym Ophrys unifolia G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 59 (1786) Heterotypic synonyms 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) Microtis frutetorum Schltdl., Linnaea 20: 568 (1847) Microtis javanica Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 36 (1857) Microtis viridis F.Muell., Fragm. 5: 97 (1865) 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)

Type species

Images of the whole plant

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  Microtis parviflora
  Australia - Canberra
  Black Mountain
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  Microtis parviflora
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  Microtis unifolia
  日本 (Japan)
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  Microtis parviflora

Inflorescences

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  Microtis parviflora
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  Microtis parviflora
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  Microtis parviflora
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  Microtis parviflora
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  Microtis parviflora

Flowers

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  Microtis unifolia
  日本 (Japan)
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  Microtis unifolia
  Australia - Canberra
  Black Mountain
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  Microtis unifolia
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  Microtis unifolia
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  Microtis unifolia

Botanical illustrations

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  Microtis unifolia
  figure 26 in:
  Johannes Jacobus Smith:
  Die Orchideen von Java
  Figuren-Atlas - 1. Heft
  Leiden (1908)

Native distribution areas

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

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Microtis unifolia