Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 319 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 12 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 18 [secondary reference]

Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 60 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Prasophyllum gracile Lindl. legitimate by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 12

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 89 [secondary reference]

Fitzgerald, R.D. (October 1879), Australian Orchids 1(5): 1st plate [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 112 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 194 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 263 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 537 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 188 [secondary reference]

common name: Black Leek Orchid [n/a]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 127 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Blackish.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 222 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 33 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 143 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Prasophyllum rufum R.Br. legitimate by Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 33

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 476 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 187, 188 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Bay X, R. Brown, March 3, 1802-holo.: BM, Bay X is Port Lincoln, S.A."

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum fuscoviride Reader legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum horburyanum Rupp legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 77 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 32 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum fuscoviride Reader legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum horburyanum Rupp legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 266-267 [secondary reference]

common name: Dwarf Leek Orchid [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 277 [secondary reference]

common name: Dusky Midge Orchid [n/a] common name: Mallee Midge 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 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Prasophyllum macrostachyum 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: 114-115 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum tepperi F.Muell. ex Tepper legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum fuscoviride Reader legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum tepperi F.Muell. ex R.S.Rogers isonym taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum horburyanum Rupp legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 110 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Prasophyllum antennatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 12

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

• Lectotype: Type: "South Coast, Bay X [Port Lincoln, South Australia]," 3 Mar. 1802, R. Brown s.n. (Lectotype: specimen (a) BM!, here designated).

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 nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 114 (), 116-117 (map), Fig. 166, Plates 146 & 229 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Genoplesium nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Mallee midge-orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Genoplesium. Flora of New South Wales 4: 166 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium nigricans (R.Br.) 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: 889 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium nigricans (R.Br.) 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: 92 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium nigricans (R.Br.) 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 nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 25 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis nigricans (R.Br.) 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: 198 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Genoplesium rufum (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 319

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 nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Genoplesium tasmanicum D.L.Jones legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 77

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

misapplied to: Genoplesium rufum (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 222

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 383 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Corunastylis tasmanica (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 77

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

misapplied to: Corunastylis rufa (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 222

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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