Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum plumiforme Fitzg.
, legitimate, scientific
[Fitzgerald, R.D. (1882), New Australian Orchids. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 17(433)]:
495
[tax. nov.]
-
Type:
"Western Australia."
[George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)]:
189
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
Western Australia, Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald cited no collection but there is a sheet at BM labelled "King River, Western Australia, Sept." in his hand. This agrees with his description and is selected as lectotype.
[George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)]:
189
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Prasophyllum ovale var. triglochin Rchb.f.
legitimate
[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
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Prasophyllum ovale Lindl.
legitimate
[Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1]:
116
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum ovale var. triglochin Rchb.f.
legitimate
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2]:
298
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)]:
298
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty 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]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
380
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
248
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty leek orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"plume like, alluding to the pale coloured flowers"
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
359
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty Leek Orchid
[n/a]
[Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2]:
236-237, photos 12-15
[secondary reference]
common name:
Little Leek Orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Dainty 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]:
33, 131
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Prasophyllum plumaeforme Fitzg.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Prasophyllum ovale var. triglochin Rchb.f.
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 plumiforme (Fitzg.) 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 plumiforme (Fitzg.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2]:
108
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty Leek Orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"Fom the Latin plumerium (plume, feather) and -forme (shaped), in reference to the feather-like labellum."