Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Prasophyllum gracile
Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum gracile Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: liv, adnot. [259] BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not cited).
Lindley, J. (September 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 516 BHL [secondary reference]
Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 13 BHL [secondary reference]
Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 60 [secondary reference]
misapplication: Prasophyllum nigricans R.Br. legitimate by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 12
Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 60 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum gracile var. ringens Rchb.f. legitimate by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 13
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 220 [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]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 188 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Swan River, Drummond – holo.: K-L."
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 188 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum macrostachyum R.Br. var. macrostachyum legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 72 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 257 [secondary reference]
Bates, R. (20 July 1989), Prasophyllum calcicola, P. macrostachyum and P. ringens (Orchidaceae): three similar species from Western and southern Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11(2): 185 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum macrostachyum R.Br. legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 114 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum macrostachyum R.Br. legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 110 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum antennatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 13
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (25 January 1996), A reassessment of Prasophyllum gracile and P. macrostachyum (Orchidaceae), with the description of P. paulinae, a new species from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(3): 411-413, Fig. 1 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum gracile var. ringens Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum macrostachyum var. ringens (Rchb.) A.S.George legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum antennatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum ringens (Rchb.f.) R.J.Bates legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 295 [secondary reference]
common name: Little Laughing Leek Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 88 [secondary reference]
common name: Thin Leek Orchid [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 379 [secondary reference]
common name: Little Laughing Leek Orchid [n/a]
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 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum constrictum R.S.Rogers legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 250 [secondary reference]
common name: Little laughing leek orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "slender, alluding to the slender tips to the sepals"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 355 [secondary reference]
common name: Little Laughing Leek Orchid [n/a]
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 491 of PDF] [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum correctum D.L.Jones legitimate
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 487 of PDF] [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum chasmogamum R.J.Bates & D.L.Jones legitimate
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 476 of PDF] [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum maccannii D.L.Jones & D.T.Rouse legitimate
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 474 of PDF] [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum pyriforme E.Coleman legitimate
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 472 of PDF] [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum sylvestre R.J.Bates & D.L.Jones legitimate
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 470 of PDF] [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum sp. 'inland woodlands' [n/a]
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: {p. 467 of PDF] [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum sp. 'montane' [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: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum gracile Lindl. var. gracile legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum gracile var. ringens Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum macrostachyum var. ringens (Rchb.) A.S.George legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum antennatum D.L.Jones nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum gracile var. rigens M.A.Clem. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum antennatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum ringens (Rchb.f.) R.J.Bates legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
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: 72
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: 72
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 32 [basionym]
basionym of: Paraprasophyllum gracile (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 356 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Paraprasophyllum gracile (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 102 [secondary reference]
common name: Little Laughing Leek Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin gracilis (slender), in reference to the narrow tips to the sepals."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum gracile Lindl. var. gracile legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Paraprasophyllum gracile (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum gracile var. ringens Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum macrostachyum var. ringens (Rchb.) A.S.George legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum antennatum D.L.Jones nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum antennatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum gracile var. rigens M.A.Clem. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum ringens (Rchb.f.) R.J.Bates legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
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