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Microtis atrata

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Microtis atrata Lindl.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hydrorchis atratum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
  • Microtidium atratum (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Microtis atrata Lindl. var. atrata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Microtis atrata var. viridula Rchb.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Microtis minutiflora F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Caladenia cucullata Fitzg. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Vic, Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (6), Draper_2023 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (7), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (40), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 102 records in 16 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (30-150 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); terete (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2); cam (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): orchid_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Williams_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
RBGV_202367VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_201766D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
SAH_202355S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_223Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
SAH_201411J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.