Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum giganteum Lindl.
, legitimate , scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840) , A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony :
liv.
[tax. nov.]
Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846) , Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1) :
12-13
[secondary reference]
Reichenbach, H.G. (1871) , Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde :
60
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Prasophyllum fimbria Rchb.f.
legitimate
by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846) , Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1) : 12-13
Bentham, G. (23 September 1873) , Flora Australiensis 6 :
342
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Prasophyllum fimbria Rchb.f.
legitimate
by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846) , Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1) : 12-13
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
187
[secondary reference]
Type:
Swan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L, iso.: K.
Clements, M.A. (December 1983) , Notes on the content of John Lindley's Orchid Herbarium. The Orchadian 7(10) :
244
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
" "Swan River, 1839" Drummond (2 specimens both badly chewed by herbarium beetle plus a drawing of the lip)."
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) , Orchids of South-West Australia :
250-251
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bronze Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
56
[secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2 :
834
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bronze Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
255, 257
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum grimwadeanum Nicholls
legitimate
common name:
Bronze 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]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum grimwadeanum Nicholls
legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 :
311
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bronze Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised) :
311
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bronze Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue :
88
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bronze Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
382
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bronze Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
258
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bronze leek orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"giant, alluding to the tall flowers spikes"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
372
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bronze Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2 :
236-237, photos 1-4
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bronze Leek Orchid
[n/a]
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, 130
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum grimwadeanum Nicholls
legitimate
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019) , Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5) :
31
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
308-309
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum grimwadeanum Nicholls
legitimate
common name:
Bronze Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2 :
92
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bronze Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin giganteus (large, gigantic, belonging to the giants), in reference to the tall plant height."