Vascular Plants

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Showing Prasophyllum odoratum

Orchidaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Orchidaceae(fam.)
Prasophyllum(gen.)
odoratum(sp.)

Prasophyllum odoratum R.S.Rogers

, legitimate

, scientific

Rogers, R.S. (1909), A critical review of south Australian Prasophylla together with a description of some new species.

Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia

209-210, pl. 9B, Figs 1-9

[tax. nov.]

Type: "It is widely but not numerously distributed throughout the State."

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

126, pl. 6, Fig. 6-9

[secondary reference]

Etymology: Fragrant.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

221

[secondary reference]

Etymology: ""fragrant"

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales

[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

473-474

[secondary reference]

Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia

29, pl. 117

[secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory

114

[secondary reference]

common name:

Sweet Leek-orchid

[n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

68-69

[secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales

202, 730

[secondary reference]

common name:

Sweet Leek Orchid

[n/a]

common name:

Scented Leek Orchid

[n/a]

Comment: Errata notes on page 730 suggest that illustrations and some aspects of the accompanying text for Prasophyllum species be regarded with caution due to the possibility of identification errors and changes in nomenclature within the Orchidaceae.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

[secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia

272-273

[secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia

260

[secondary reference]

common name:

Sweet Leek Orchid

[n/a]

common name:

Scented Leek Orchid

[n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Prasophyllum.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

383

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum album R.S.Rogers

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum rotundiflorum R.S.Rogers

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum odoratum var. album (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum colemaniarum R.S.Rogers

legitimate

common name:

Sweet Leek Orchid

[n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae.

Australian Orchid Research

115

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "Blackwood, South Australia, 13 Oct. 1908, R.S. Rogers s.n. (lectotype AD! here designated)."

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum rotundiflorum R.S.Rogers

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum colemaniarum R.S.Rogers

legitimate

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia

113, Pl. 138-9

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Prasophyllum patens R.Br.

legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2

306

[secondary reference]

common name:

Scented Leek Orchid

[n/a]

Bernhardt, P. & Rowe, R.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Prasophyllum.

Flora of New South Wales

159-160

[secondary reference]

common name:

Sweet Leek Orchid

[n/a]

common name:

Scented Leek Orchid

[n/a]

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Orchidaceae.

A list of the vascular plants of South Australia

Edn. 4

132

[secondary reference]

Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Prasophyllum.

Flora of Victoria

Edn. 1, 2

875, Fig. 184f-g

[secondary reference]

common name:

Pretty Leek-orchid

[n/a]

common name:

Fragrant Leek-orchid

[n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Prasophyllum in Tasmania.

Australian Orchid Research

119

[secondary reference]

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

199

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum album R.S.Rogers

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum odoratum var. album (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Prasophyllum patens R.Br. legitimate by

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

: 318

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

199

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum rotundiflorum R.S.Rogers legitimate by

Rogers, R.S. (1909), A critical review of south Australian Prasophylla together with a description of some new species.

Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia

: 209-210, pl. 9B, Figs 1-9

Barker, R.M. & Bates, R.J. (29 September 2008), New combinations in Pterostylis and Caladenia and other name changes in the Orchidaceae of South Australia.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

103

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum collinum D.L.Jones legitimate by

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

: 199

Barker, R.M. & Bates, R.J. (29 September 2008), New combinations in Pterostylis and Caladenia and other name changes in the Orchidaceae of South Australia.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

103

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum praecox D.L.Jones legitimate by

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

: 199

Barker, R.M. & Bates, R.J. (29 September 2008), New combinations in Pterostylis and Caladenia and other name changes in the Orchidaceae of South Australia.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

103

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum catenemum D.L.Jones legitimate by

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Orchidaceae.

A list of the vascular plants of South Australia

Edn. 4

: 132

Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia

[p. 512 (photo), pp. 541-542 (photos, map) of PDF]

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum album R.S.Rogers

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum sp. aff. odoratum A

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Prasophyllum sp. aff. odoratum 1

[n/a]

common name:

Sweet 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. 554 of PDF]

[pro parte taxonomic synonym]