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The genus Microtis is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Microtis

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Microtis alba R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis angusii D.L.Jones	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis arenaria Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis atrata Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis brownii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis cupularis (D.L.Jones & G.Brockman) A.P.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis densiflora (Benth.) M.A.Clem.	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis eremaea R.J.Bates	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis familiaris R.J.Bates	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis globula R.J.Bates	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis graniticola R.J.Bates	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis media R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis oblonga R.S.Rogers	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis oligantha L.B.Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis orbicularis R.S.Rogers	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis pulchella R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis rara R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 43 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Microtis. Of these 18 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 10 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Microtis. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 43 species names for the genus Microtis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	18	41.9%
◕	Synonym	23	53.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	4.7%

All names

The status of the 53 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Microtis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	21	39.6%
◕	Synonym	30	56.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	3.8%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 43 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Microtis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	18	22	0	0	40	93.0%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	2.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	2	2	4.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Microtis, are as follows: