Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum patens 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.]
  • Type: (J.) v.v.
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]
Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 11 BHL [secondary reference]
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]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 112 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 193 BHL [secondary reference]
misapplication: Prasophyllum truncatum Lindl. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 12
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, 243 [secondary reference]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 126 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Spreading, referring to perianth-segments.
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 221 [secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 27 [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 [secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 203, 730 [secondary reference]
common name: Pale Leek Orchid [n/a] common name: Broad-lip Orchid [n/a]
  • Comment: Errata notes on page 730 suggest that illustrations and some aspects of the accompanying text for Prasophyllum species be regarded with caution due to the possibility of identification errors and changes in nomenclature within the Orchidaceae.
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 32 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 32 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum truncatum Lindl. legitimate
Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 236 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 262-263 [secondary reference]
common name: Broad-Lip Leek Orchid [n/a] common name: Broad-lip Leek Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Prasophyllum. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 382, Fig. 57A [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum rotundiflorum R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum album R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum odoratum var. album (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Broad Lip 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]
  • Lectotype: "`Port Jackson', 1803, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM!, here designated, isolectotype AD!)."
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 112-113 (map), Figs 144, 157 & 162, Plates 138-139 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum odoratum R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: broad-lip leek-orchid [n/a] common name: Scented leek-orchid [n/a]
Bernhardt, P. & Rowe, R.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Prasophyllum. Flora of New South Wales 4: 160 [secondary reference]
common name: Broad-lipped Leek Orchid [n/a]
Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Prasophyllum. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 875-876, Fig. 184h-i [secondary reference]
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: 199 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum pruinosum R.S.Rogers legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 318
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: 199 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum odoratum R.S.Rogers legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 318
Barker, R.M. & Bates, R.J. (29 September 2008), New combinations in Pterostylis and Caladenia and other name changes in the Orchidaceae of South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 103 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum catenemum D.L.Jones legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 112-113 (map), Figs 144, 157 & 162, Plates 138-139
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: 33, 74, 115 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum patens R.Br. var. patens legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum sp. aff. odoratum 8 [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NSW
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum truncatum Lindl. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 193
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Prasophyllum pruinosum R.S.Rogers legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 221
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum odoratum R.S.Rogers legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 112-113 (map), Figs 144, 157 & 162, Plates 138-139
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum catenemum D.L.Jones legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 112-113 (map), Figs 144, 157 & 162, Plates 138-139
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum sp. Coast sandhills (Hj.Eichler 14100) SA Herbarium [n/a] by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 112-113 (map), Figs 144, 157 & 162, Plates 138-139
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 36 [basionym]
basionym of: Paraprasophyllum patens (R.Br.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 316 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Paraprasophyllum patens (R.Br.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate