Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum ovale Lindl.
, legitimate, scientific
[Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony]:
liv.
[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]
-
Lectotype:
"Swan River, Drummond - lecto.: K-L."
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
56
[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]:
835
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum plumiforme Fitzg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum attenuatum Fitzg.
legitimate
common name:
Little Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia]:
260
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1]:
116
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum attenuatum Fitzg.
nom. illeg.
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2]:
299
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)]:
299
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue]:
88
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
248
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little leek orchid
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"egg shaped, alluding to the shape of the labellum"
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
360
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little 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 ovale Lindl. var. ovale
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum attenuatum Fitzg.
legitimate
[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 ovale (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
355
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Paraprasophyllum ovale (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2]:
108
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"From the Latin ovale (egg shaped), in reference to the shape of the labellum."