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 occidentale R.S.Rogers
, legitimate , scientific
Rogers, R.S. (1908) , Description of a new species of orchid. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 32 :
11
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"I found this orchid growing close to the shore at Streaky Bay on September 26, 1907."
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 :
125
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 :
219-220
[secondary reference]
Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Black, J.M. (6 July 1978) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1 :
430, fig. 413,
[basionym]
basionym of:
Prasophyllum fuscum var. occidentale ( R.S.Rogers) J.Z.Weber & R.J.Bates
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
259
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
115
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"`Streaky Bay, South Australia', 26 Sep. 1907, R.S. Rogers s.n. (lectotype AD! here designated, isolectotype AD! BRI!)."
nomenclatural synonym:
Prasophyllum fuscum var. occidentale ( R.S.Rogers) J.Z.Weber & R.J.Bates
legitimate
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia :
111 (map), 114, Fig. 160, Plate 135
[secondary reference]
common name:
Plains leek-orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"The name occidentale (western) refers to the first collection of the species on the west coast of South Australia (Streaky Bay)."
Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Prasophyllum. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
883, Fig. 186l-m
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Prasophyllum fuscum var. occidentale ( R.S.Rogers) J.Z.Weber & R.J.Bates
legitimate
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1 :
44-45, Plate 109
[secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2 :
44-45, Plate 109
[secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003) , Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7 :
25
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Prasophyllum sp. aff. occidentale C
[n/a]
by Rogers, R.S. (1908) , Description of a new species of orchid. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 32 : 11
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003) , Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7 :
25
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Prasophyllum sp. aff. occidentale A
[n/a]
by Rogers, R.S. (1908) , Description of a new species of orchid. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 32 : 11
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 :
198-199
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Prasophyllum fuscum var. occidentale ( R.S.Rogers) J.Z.Weber & R.J.Bates
legitimate
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 :
199
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Prasophyllum occultans R.J.Bates
legitimate
by Rogers, R.S. (1908) , Description of a new species of orchid. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 32 : 11
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016) , Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia :
[p. 438 (photo), pp. 455-456 (photos, map) of PDF]
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sp. aff. occidentale A
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sp. aff. occidentale 2
[n/a]
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum fuscum R.Br.
legitimate
common name:
Plains 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. 453 of PDF]
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Prasophyllum sp. 'Wimmera woodlands'
[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, 97, 115
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Prasophyllum fuscum var. occidentale ( R.S.Rogers) J.Z.Weber & R.J.Bates
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sp. aff. occidentale A
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sp. aff. occidentale 2
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Prasophyllum sp. Wimmera woodlands (D.T.Rouse 27) Vic. Herbarium
[n/a]
by Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Prasophyllum. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 : 883, Fig. 186l-m
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019) , Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5) :
36
[basionym]
basionym of:
Paraprasophyllum occidentale ( R.S.Rogers) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
346
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Paraprasophyllum occidentale ( R.S.Rogers) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Prasophyllum fuscum var. occidentale ( R.S.Rogers) J.Z.Weber & R.J.Bates
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Paraprasophyllum occidentale ( R.S.Rogers) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sp. aff. occidentale A
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sp. aff. occidentale 2
[n/a]