Microtis oligantha: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Microtis
- Species
- Microtis oligantha
- Scientific Name
- Microtis oligantha
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Microtis oligantha
Microtis oligantha, the small onion orchid is a species of orchid endemic to New Zealand. It has a single thin, hollow, onion-like leaf and up to ten small green flowers. It differs from the other two onion orchids in New Zealand, (M. unifolia and M. parviflora) in being a much smaller plant with a more pointed dorsal sepal.
...Microtis oligantha in languages:
- English
- Small Onion Orchid
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Microtis alba
- Microtis alboviridis
- Microtis angusii
- Microtis arenaria
- Microtis atrata
- Microtis brownii
- Microtis cupularis
- Microtis eremaea
- Microtis familiaris
- Microtis frutetorum
- Microtis globula
- Microtis gracilenta
- Microtis graniticola
- Microtis media
- Microtis oblonga
- Microtis oligantha
- Microtis orbicularis
- Microtis parviflora
- Microtis pulchella
- Microtis quadrata
- Microtis rara
- Microtis unifolia















































































































