Nicholls, W.H. (1931), A revision of certain species of the genus Prasophyllum R. Br. (including the description of a new species). The Victorian Naturalist 48(6): 108-109, fig. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Victorian localities of specimens so far examined:– Springvale–Clayton, Mt. Waverley, Ringwood–Bayswater, Lockwood, Oakleigh–Cheltenham, Cranesville (A.B. Braine); Pyrete Ranges (G. Lyell, Miss E. Bond); Monbulk (D. Matthews); Ballarat North (W.H.N.); Airey's Inlet (Miss M. Sutherland); Wonderland Range, Grampians (C.W. D'Alton)."

• Etymology: "In my work of sifting the abundant evidence connected with this tangle, I have received great help from Mr. P. F. Morris, of the National Herbarium, whose name I have bestowed upon this dainty little species."

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 37-39, Pl. 5 [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: 474-475 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 83 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 31 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 276 [secondary reference]

common name: Bearded Midge Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Genoplesium. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 387 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 112 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Prasophyllum fimbriatum R.Br. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 321

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 1989), Reinterpretation of the genus Genoplesium R.Br. (Orchidaceae: Prasophyllinae). Lindleyana 4(3): 143 [basionym]

basionym of: Genoplesium morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 116 (map), Fig. 163a, Plate 145 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Genoplesium morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Genoplesium. Flora of New South Wales 4: 170 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Genoplesium. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 893 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Genoplesium in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 89 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.S., Mackenzie, A.M. & Molloy, B.P.J. (January 2002), Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(10): 461 [basionym]

basionym of: Corunastylis morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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: 197 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 362 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis morrisii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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