Midget Greenhood
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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
Display IBRA region text
| Tintinara (NCP04) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern [undercollected ] |
| Broughton (FLB02) | Flinders Lofty Block | Critically Endangered (IUCN: CR D) (Probable Decline) [Sevenhill <50 plants. Decline in habitat quality] |
| Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA ab) (Definite Decline) [Caroona. >50% decline in population size.] |
| Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern (Probable Decline) [Different species] |
| Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) [now called Hymenochilus pagophilus; drought tolerant; should be more records] |
| Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [now called Hymenochilus pagophilus; most common orchid in Flinders; drought tolerant] |
| Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern (Probable Decline) [Now 2 species D Jones. No longer regarded in SA. Decline in abundance] |
| St Vincent (EYB02) | | Least Concern (Probable Decline) |
| Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern [now P pissinus in this region] |
| Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern [now P pissinus in this region] |
| Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern [now P pissinus in this region] |
| South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Least Concern |
| Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
| Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Least Concern |
| Wimmera (MDD05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [edge of range] |
| Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [northern limit] |
| Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [northern limit] |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [northern limit] |
| Yalata (NUL03) | Nullarbor | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [northern limit] |
| Tintinara (NCP04) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern [undercollected ] |
| 5 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare , Critically Endangered |
| 5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
| 5 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Rare |
| 2 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Rare |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [northern limit] |
| Yalata (NUL03) | Nullarbor | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [northern limit] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 2
Prior names
Oligochaetochilus muticus
Hymenochilus muticus
Common names
Midget Greenhood
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Nullarbor, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
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 | 96,000 (0.033 g) | | 20-Sep-2013 | KHB696
Southern Lofty | 1-Nov-2016 | 70% | -80°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.
