Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Prasophyllum truncatum
Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum truncatum Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (September 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 513 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Hab. in Tasmannia;"
Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 12 BHL [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 193 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum patens R.Br. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 12
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 71-72 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum patens var. robustum Nicholls legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 32 [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum patens R.Br. legitimate
Clements, M.A. (December 1983), Notes on the content of John Lindley's Orchid Herbarium. The Orchadian 7(10): 245 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: " "Marshes, Circular Head, Insula Van Diemen. Dec. 1837", R. Gunn 924 (3 specimens plus a drawing of a lip, column and callous apex)."
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 267 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 118 [secondary reference]
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 113 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Prasophyllum in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 116-117, Fig. 6.14 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 207 [secondary reference]
common name: Truncate Leek Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "truncated, ending abruptly (column appendages)"
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 spicatum R.J.Bates & D.L.Jones legitimate by Lindley, J. (September 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 513
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 101 [secondary reference]
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, 107 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
misapplication: Prasophyllum patens R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 193
  • APC Dist.: Tas
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 38 [basionym]
basionym of: Paraprasophyllum truncatum (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 319 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Paraprasophyllum truncatum (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate