Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum macrostachyum 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.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
112
[secondary reference]
Sargent, O.H. (1906) , Orchids occurring in York. Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society 2(3)
11
[secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
188
[secondary reference]
Type:
"King George Sound, Brown , Dec. 1801 - holo.: BM, iso.: K."
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
56
[secondary reference]
Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4
2107
[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
834-835
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
258
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid [n/a]
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, 187, Fig. 3
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"R. Brown s.n., King George Sound, Dec. 1801: (Lecto.: BM!; Syn.: BM, K!)."
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum gracile Lindl. legitimate
misapplication:
Prasophyllum nigricans R.Br. legitimate
by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846) , Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1)
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
114
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"'In paludobus ad portum regis Georgii III'. [King George Sound], Dec. 1801, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated)."
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum gracile Lindl. legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
296
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid [n/a]
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)
413, fig. 2
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)
296
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue
88
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
379
[secondary reference]
common name:
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
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Prasophyllum calcicola R.J.Bates legitimate
by Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
250
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing leek orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"large spike, alluding to the tall slender flower spikes"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
356
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing 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, 131
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Prasophyllum macrostachyum R.Br. var. macrostachyum legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Prasophyllum calcicola R.J.Bates legitimate
by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4
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 macrostachyum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
357
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Paraprasophyllum macrostachyum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2
104
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek macros (large, long) and -stachys (an ear of corn, flower spike), in reference to the elongated flower spike."
