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 macrotys Lindl.
, legitimate , scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840) , A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony :
liv.
[tax. nov.]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
187
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Swan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L iso.: K.
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
187
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Prasophyllum elatum R.Br.
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
258-259
[secondary reference]
common name:
Inland Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Prasophyllum. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
381
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Prasophyllum elatum R.Br.
legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
114
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 :
314
[secondary reference]
common name:
Inland Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised) :
314
[secondary reference]
common name:
Inland Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue :
88
[secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
258
[secondary reference]
common name:
Inland leek orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"large bunch, alluding to the dense flower spike"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
375
[secondary reference]
common name:
Inland 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 :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
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 :
309
[secondary reference]
common name:
Western Tall Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2 :
92
[secondary reference]
common name:
Inland Leek Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin macrotys (large bunch), in reference to the often crowded inflorescence."