Sweet Onion-orchid
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Critically Endangered (IUCN: CR B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Endangered (IUCN: EN B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Critically Endangered (IUCN: CR B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) [(no records)] |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Endangered (IUCN: EN D) [Bev Overton checked] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Critically Endangered (IUCN: CR B2ab(i,ii,iii,v); D) (Probable Decline) [limited to swamps; just hanging on] |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Endangered (IUCN: EN B2ab(i,ii,iii); D) (Probable Decline) [in Lesley Ck, Mylor] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 3
Prior names
Microtis unifolia var. rara
Common names
Sweet Onion-orchid
Distribution and status
Herbarium region: South Eastern
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA | 123,800 (0.128 g) | 50 | 14-Jan-2021 | DJD3993 Kangaroo Island | 28-Jun-2021 | N/C | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.