Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: liv. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 187 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Swan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L iso.: K.

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 187 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum elatum R.Br. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 258-259 [secondary reference]

common name: Inland Leek Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Prasophyllum. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 381 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum elatum R.Br. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 114 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 314 [secondary reference]

common name: Inland Leek Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 314 [secondary reference]

common name: Inland Leek Orchid [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 88 [secondary reference]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 258 [secondary reference]

common name: Inland leek orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "large bunch, alluding to the dense flower spike"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 375 [secondary reference]

common name: Inland 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]

• APC Dist.: WA

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 31 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 309 [secondary reference]

common name: Western Tall Leek Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 92 [secondary reference]

common name: Inland Leek Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin macrotys (large bunch), in reference to the often crowded inflorescence."

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