Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum macrostachyum R.Br.
, legitimate, scientific
[Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805]:
318
[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]
-
Type:
"King George Sound, Brown, Dec. 1801 - holo.: BM, iso.: K."
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
56
[secondary reference]
[Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4]:
2107
[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]:
834-835
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia]:
258
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Bates, R. (20 July 1989), Prasophyllum calcicola, P. macrostachyum and P. ringens (Orchidaceae): three similar species from Western and southern Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11(2)]:
185, 187, Fig. 3
[secondary reference]
-
Lectotype:
"R. Brown s.n., King George Sound, Dec. 1801: (Lecto.: BM!; Syn.: BM, K!)."
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum gracile Lindl.
legitimate
misapplication:
Prasophyllum nigricans R.Br.
legitimate
by [Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1)]: 12
[Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1]:
114
[secondary reference]
-
Lectotype:
"'In paludobus ad portum regis Georgii III'. [King George Sound], Dec. 1801, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated)."
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum gracile Lindl.
legitimate
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2]:
296
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (25 January 1996), A reassessment of Prasophyllum gracile and P. macrostachyum (Orchidaceae), with the description of P. paulinae, a new species from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(3)]:
413, fig. 2
[secondary reference]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)]:
296
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue]:
88
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
379
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[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]:
198
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Prasophyllum calcicola R.J.Bates
legitimate
by [Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805]: 318
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
250
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing leek orchid
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"large spike, alluding to the tall slender flower spikes"
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
356
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing 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]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Prasophyllum macrostachyum R.Br. var. macrostachyum
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Prasophyllum calcicola R.J.Bates
legitimate
by [Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4]: 2107
[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 macrostachyum (R.Br.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
357
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Paraprasophyllum macrostachyum (R.Br.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2]:
104
[secondary reference]
common name:
Laughing Leek Orchid
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"From the Greek macros (large, long) and -stachys (an ear of corn, flower spike), in reference to the elongated flower spike."