Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum plumiforme Fitzg. , legitimate , scientific
Fitzgerald, R.D. (1882) , New Australian Orchids. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 17(433)
495
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Western Australia."
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
189
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Western Australia, Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald cited no collection but there is a sheet at BM labelled "King River, Western Australia, Sept." in his hand. This agrees with his description and is selected as lectotype.
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
189
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Prasophyllum ovale var. triglochin Rchb.f. legitimate
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
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Prasophyllum ovale Lindl. legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
116
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum ovale var. triglochin Rchb.f. legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
298
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty Leek Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)
298
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty 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]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
380
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty Leek Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
248
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty leek orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"plume like, alluding to the pale coloured flowers"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
359
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty Leek Orchid [n/a]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2
236-237, photos 12-15
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid [n/a]
common name:
Dainty 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
33, 131
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Prasophyllum plumaeforme Fitzg. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum ovale var. triglochin Rchb.f. 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 plumiforme (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 plumiforme (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2
108
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty Leek Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"Fom the Latin plumerium (plume, feather) and -forme (shaped), in reference to the feather-like labellum."
