Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Prasophyllum fuscum

Orchidaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Orchidaceae(fam.)
Prasophyllum(gen.)
fuscum(sp.)

Prasophyllum fuscum R.Br.

, legitimate

, scientific

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

:

318

[tax. nov.]

Type: "(J.) v.v."

Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6)

:

12, fig. CXII

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875.

Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

:

89

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

112

[secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora

:

193, 194

BHL

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Prasophyllum alpinum R.Br. legitimate by

Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6)

: 12, fig. CXII

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales

:

263

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

:

537

[secondary reference]

common name:

Fly Orchid

[n/a]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

127

[secondary reference]

Etymology: Dusky, referring to color of flowers in Tasmania and eastern States.

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales

:

28

[secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains

:

474

[secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory

:

115

[secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1

:

373

[secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

75-76

[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:

Tawny 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]

Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

2104-2106

[secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia

:

249, 255, 267

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum uroglossum Rupp

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum appendiculatum Nicholls

legitimate

common name:

Tailed Leek Orchid

[n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae.

Australian Orchid Research

:

113

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "`Moist meadows towards George's River', Oct. 1803, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype AD! BM! MEL! P!)."

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum uroglossum Rupp

legitimate

Bernhardt, P. & Rowe, R.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Prasophyllum.

Flora of New South Wales

:

162, pl. 11

[secondary reference]

common name:

Slaty Leek Orchid

[n/a]

Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Prasophyllum.

Flora of Victoria

:

880

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum affine Lindl. legitimate by

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1

: 373

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1

:

42, Plate 102

[secondary reference]

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

:

118-119

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum uroglossum Rupp

legitimate

APC Dist.: NSW

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2

:

42, Plate 102

[secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (2005), Personal Communication

:

-

[secondary reference]

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

:

199

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Prasophyllum pallidum Nicholls legitimate by

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

: 318

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

:

198

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum constrictum R.S.Rogers legitimate by

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

: 318

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, 74

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Prasophyllum fuscum R.Br. var. fuscum

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum uroglossum Rupp

legitimate

APC Dist.: NSW

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum sp. Bushfires (R.S.Rogers 2681) R.J.Bates [n/a] by

Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

Edn. 4, 4

: 2104-2106

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum rostratum Lindl. legitimate by

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

4A

: 75-76

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Prasophyllum pallidum Nicholls legitimate by

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

1

: 127

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum lindleyanum Rchb.f. legitimate by

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

4A

: 75-76

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum constrictum R.S.Rogers legitimate by

Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

Edn. 4, 4

: 2104-2106

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum concinnum Nicholls legitimate by

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

4A

: 75-76

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae).

Australian Orchid Review

:

35

[basionym]

basionym of:

Paraprasophyllum fuscum (R.Br.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3

:

336

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Paraprasophyllum fuscum (R.Br.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

legitimate