Talk:Microtis (plant)
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Plantdrew in topic parviflora and unifolia synonymous?
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parviflora and unifolia synonymous?
editKew[1] gives M. parviflora as a synonym of M. unifolia but both are described as separate species by the herbaria in N.S.W.[2] Victoria[3] and South Australia as well as by the Orchid Society of New Zealand.[4][5] Bates[6] notes: "Garay and Sweet (1974) gave ‘’M. parviflora’’ as a synonym of ‘’M. unifolia’’ but they were referring to Asian plants and this treatment has never been accepted in Australia or New Zealand."Gderrin (talk)
References
- ^ "Microtis parviflora". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Genus Microtis". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney: plantnet. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Flora of Victoria: Microtis". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Onion Orchids". New Zealand Native Orchids (New Zealand Native Orchid Group). Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Microtis". State herbarium of South Australia:efloraSA. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ Bates, Robert J. (1984). "The genus Microtis R.Br. (Orchidaceae): A taxonomic revision with notes on biology". Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 7 (1): 45–89.
- WCSP has an enough errors that it should not be considered the ultimate authority on plant names (although it's usually an authoritative source). IF WCSP's synonymy is based on a 1974 paper, it's worth reconsidering that in light of more recent locally relevant sources that reject the synonymy. I'm going to redirect M. unifolia to the genus for now, but it should be deserving of an article if anybody is inclined to write one. Plantdrew (talk) 05:37, 11 July 2016 (UTC) Thanks - I'll get to the article soon. Gderrin (talk)