Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Prasophyllum alpestre
Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum alpestre D.L.Jones , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Prasophyllum in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 98-99, Fig. 6.1 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: New South Wales; Charlottes Pass, Kosciusko National Park, 1880 m, 7 Mar. 1997, D.L. Jones 15106 & M. Garratt (holo CANB; iso AD, BRI, CANB, HO, MEL, NSW).
Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 65 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 181 [secondary reference]
common name: Highland Leek Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "high mountains"
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 24 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 180-181 [secondary reference]
common name: Mauve Leek Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "growing in the alps"
Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 31, 64, 73, 114 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum mimulum D.L.Jones legitimate by Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Prasophyllum in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 98-99, Fig. 6.1
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum mimulum D.L.Jones legitimate by Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 65
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 33 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "New South Wales: Charlottes Pass, Kosciusko National Park, 1880 m, 7 Mar. 1997, D.L.Jones 15106 and M. Garratt (Lectotype spec. (1) CANB!, here chosen)."
  • Text: "Unfortunately the type is a mixed collection of two species that grow sympatrically throughout the higher montane regions of Mt Kosciusko National Park. The lectotype has been chosen to fix the name as originally intended and illustrated."
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 33 [basionym]
basionym of: Paraprasophyllum alpestre (D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 320 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Paraprasophyllum alpestre (D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate