Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Prasophyllum frenchii
Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum frenchii F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1889), Description of an orchid, new for Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist 6(8): 126 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Between the Yarra and the Dandenong Ranges; G. French."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1890), Description of an orchid, new for Victoria. Botanisches Centralblatt 41: 122-123 BHL [secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 30 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 114 [secondary reference]
Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 375-376 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 73-74 [secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 201, 730 [secondary reference]
common name: Stout Leek Orchid [n/a] common name: French's Leek Orchid [n/a] common name: Slaty Leek Orchid [n/a]
  • Comment: Errata notes on page 730 suggest that illustrations and some aspects of the accompanying text for Prasophyllum species be regarded with caution due to the possibility of identification errors and changes in nomenclature within the Orchidaceae.
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 31 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 254, 257 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum hartii R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Maroon Leek Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 113 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "`Near Dandenong Ranges'. Nov. 1889, G. French s.n. (lectotype MEL! here designated, isolectotype K!)."
taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum hartii R.S.Rogers legitimate
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 110 (map), Figs 150 & 161, Plates 13, 133 [secondary reference]
common name: Maroon leek-orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Ferdinand Mueller (1889) named this species in honour of G. French who collected the type specimen near Melbourne."
Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Prasophyllum. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 878, Fig. 185d-e [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum hartii R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum hartii var. parviflorum R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Swamp Leek-orchid [n/a]
Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Prasophyllum. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 881 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum sylvestre R.J.Bates & D.L.Jones legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 375-376
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 39, Plate 95 [secondary reference]
common name: Maroon Leek Orchid [n/a]
Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 24 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Prasophyllum in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 118 [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 39, Plate 95 [secondary reference]
common name: Maroon Leek Orchid [n/a]
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]
taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum hartii R.S.Rogers legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum hartii R.S.Rogers legitimate
  • APC Dist.: SA, Vic
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 198 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum hartii R.S.Rogers legitimate
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 198 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum murfetii D.L.Jones legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 110 (map), Figs 150 & 161, Plates 13, 133
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: 32, 97, 115 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum frenchii F.Muell. var. frenchii legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum hartii R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum hartii R.S.Rogers var. hartii legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum sp. aff. frenchii 2 [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum murfetii D.L.Jones legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 110 (map), Figs 150 & 161, Plates 13, 133
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum alpinum R.Br. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 73-74
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 35 [basionym]
basionym of: Paraprasophyllum frenchii (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 341 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Paraprasophyllum frenchii (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate