Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum R.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805
317
[tax. nov.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
112
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Genoplesium R.Br. legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
262-264
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
537
[secondary reference]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1
123-124
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1
218
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Greek prason , a leek; phyllon , a leaf"
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales
22-40, 143
[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
[secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids
85-87
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
112-116
[secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
186
[secondary reference]
Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979) , Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1
159
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A
61-65
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leek orchids [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
31
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) , Orchids of South-West Australia
247
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leek Orchids [n/a]
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
831-832
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Prasophyllum. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
380-381
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
109
[secondary reference]
Type:
Prasophyllum australe R.Br.
taxonomic synonym:
Anticheirostylis Fitzg. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Corunastylis Fitzg. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Antichirostylis Kuntze orth. var.
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 1989) , Reinterpretation of the genus Genoplesium R.Br. (Orchidaceae: Prasophyllinae). Lindleyana 4(3)
140-141
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sect. Integra G.Don legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sect. Euprasophyllum Hook.f. nom. inval.
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia
103-104, Fig. 6
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leek-Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Midge-orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Leek-orchids
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (5 April 1991) , New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 2
75-82
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
293
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leek Orchids [n/a]
Bernhardt, P. & Rowe, R.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Prasophyllum. Flora of New South Wales 4
155
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leek Orchids [n/a]
Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Prasophyllum. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2
869-871
[secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1
36
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leek Orchids [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998) , A taxonomic review of Prasophyllum in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3
95
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999) , The Orchids of Tasmania
177-178
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"... the erect hollow leaf has some resemblance to that of a leek. This resemblance is also reflected in the generic name, which is derived from the Greek prason (leek) and phyllon (leaf)."
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2
36
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leek Orchids [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
377
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 2005) , Miscellaneous nomenclature notes and changes in Australian, New Guinea and New Zealand Orchidaceae. The Orchadian 15(1)
41
[secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
247
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leek orchids [n/a]
Etymology:
"leek leaf, alluding to the leek-like leaves found in all species"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (2008) , Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory
280
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"from the Greek prason , leek and phyllon leaf; reference to the hollow, terete leaves that resemble those of an onion or leek"
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
698
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
353
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leek Orchids [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Prosophyllum Dockrill orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Prasophyllum R.Br. sect. Prasophyllum legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sect. Euprasophyllum Hook.f. nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Mecopodum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Chiloterus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, 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)
30
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sect. Integra G.Don legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum sect. Euprasophyllum Hook.f. nom. inval.
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
304-305
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tall Leek Orchids
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2
78
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leek Orchids [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek prason (leek) and -phyllon (leaf), in reference to the leek-like leaves found in all species."
