Microtis gracilis

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Microtis gracilis (R.S.Rogers) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC):

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (9), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 11 traits from 14 records in 3 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

post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 225 mm (150-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.2-0.4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	6	9	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.