Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum ovale Lindl. , legitimate , scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840) , A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony
liv.
[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]
Lectotype:
"Swan River, Drummond - lecto.: K-L."
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
56
[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
835
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum plumiforme Fitzg. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum attenuatum Fitzg. legitimate
common name:
Little Leek Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
260
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
116
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum attenuatum Fitzg. nom. illeg.
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
299
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)
299
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue
88
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
248
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little leek orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"egg shaped, alluding to the shape of the labellum"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
360
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little 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 ovale Lindl. var. ovale legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum attenuatum Fitzg. legitimate
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 ovale (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
355
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Paraprasophyllum ovale (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2
108
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin ovale (egg shaped), in reference to the shape of the labellum."
