Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Prasophyllum alpestre
Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum alpestre D.L.Jones , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Prasophyllum in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 98-99, Fig. 6.1 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: New South Wales; Charlottes Pass, Kosciusko National Park, 1880 m, 7 Mar. 1997, D.L. Jones 15106 & M. Garratt (holo CANB; iso AD, BRI, CANB, HO, MEL, NSW).
Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 65 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 181 [secondary reference]
common name: Highland Leek Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "high mountains"
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 24 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 180-181 [secondary reference]
common name: Mauve Leek Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "growing in the alps"
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 511 (photo), pp. 518-519 (photos, map), p. 843 (photo) of PDF] [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum suttonii R.S.Rogers & B.Rees legitimate common name: Mauve 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. 520 of PDF] [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum sp. 'mountain bogs' [n/a]
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 511 (photo), p. 517 (photo, map) of PDF] [unsourced misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum suttonii R.S.Rogers & B.Rees legitimate
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: 31, 64, 73, 114 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum mimulum D.L.Jones legitimate by Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Prasophyllum in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 98-99, Fig. 6.1
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum mimulum D.L.Jones legitimate by Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 65
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 33 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "New South Wales: Charlottes Pass, Kosciusko National Park, 1880 m, 7 Mar. 1997, D.L.Jones 15106 and M. Garratt (Lectotype spec. (1) CANB!, here chosen)."
  • Text: "Unfortunately the type is a mixed collection of two species that grow sympatrically throughout the higher montane regions of Mt Kosciusko National Park. The lectotype has been chosen to fix the name as originally intended and illustrated."
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 33 [basionym]
basionym of: Paraprasophyllum alpestre (D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 320 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Paraprasophyllum alpestre (D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Paraprasophyllum alpestre (D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
  • APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum mimulum D.L.Jones legitimate by Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Prasophyllum in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 98-99, Fig. 6.1
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum mimulum D.L.Jones legitimate by Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 65
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