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Microtis atrata, the Glossary

Microtis atrata, commonly known as the swamp mignonette orchid or yellow onion orchid and sometimes as Microtidium atratum, is a species of orchid endemic to southern Australia.^[1]

23 relations: A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony, Australia, Botanical nomenclature, Column (botany), David L. Jones (botanist), Deciduous, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Endemism, Herbaceous plant, John Lindley, Labellum (botany), Latin, Mark Alwin Clements, Orchid, Perennial, Petal, Sepal, South Australia, Southwest Australia, Tasmania, Tuber, Victoria (state), Western Australia.
Microtis (plant)

A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony

"A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony", also known by its standard botanical abbreviation Sketch Veg.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Botanical nomenclature

Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants.

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Column (botany)

The column, or technically the gynostemium, is a reproductive structure that can be found in several plant families: Aristolochiaceae, Orchidaceae, and Stylidiaceae.

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David L. Jones (botanist)

David Lloyd Jones (born 1944) is an Australian horticultural botanist and the author of many books and papers, especially on Australian orchids.

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In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Department of Parks and Wildlife

The Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) was the department of the Government of Western Australia responsible for managing lands described in the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 and implementing the state's conservation and environment legislation and regulations.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Herbaceous plant

Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.

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John Lindley

John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.

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Labellum (botany)

In botany, the labellum (or lip) is the part of the flower of an orchid or Canna, or other less-known genera, that serves to attract insects, which pollinate the flower, and acts as a landing platform for them.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Mark Alwin Clements

Mark Alwin Clements (b. 1949) is an Australian botanist and orchidologist.

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Orchid

Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae, a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.

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