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

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

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]

Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1888), Australian Orchids 2(4): [6th plate] [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum nudum Hook.f. legitimate

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: 187, 189, 237 [secondary reference]

common name: Red Leek Orchid [n/a]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 33, 143 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum nudum Hook.f. legitimate misapplication: Prasophyllum nigricans R.Br. legitimate by Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 33

Rupp, H.M.R. (1948), The section Genoplesium in the genus Prasophyllum (Orchidaceae). The Victorian Naturalist 65(6): 142 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Prasophyllum exiguum Rupp nom. inval. by Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1888), Australian Orchids 2(4): [6th plate]

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]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 115 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 79, Fig. 10 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum nudiscapum Hook.f. legitimate

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

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 275, 281 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum laminatum Fitzg. legitimate common name: Dark Midge Orchid [n/a] common name: Red Midge Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Genoplesium. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 389 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium rufum (R.Br.) 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: 117 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum laminatum Fitzg. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Prasophyllum exiguum M.A.Clem. nom. inval., nom. nud. by Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1888), Australian Orchids 2(4): [6th plate]

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 1989), Reinterpretation of the genus Genoplesium R.Br. (Orchidaceae: Prasophyllinae). Lindleyana 4(3): 144-145 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Type: "Port Jackson; In humidus subumbra fruticum prope Wallamolilla," Mar.–Apr. 1805, R. Brown s.n. (Lectotype: Specimen (a) BM!, here designated; Isolectotype: K!)."

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 1989), Reinterpretation of the genus Genoplesium R.Br. (Orchidaceae: Prasophyllinae). Lindleyana 4(3): 144 [basionym]

basionym of: Genoplesium rufum (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 116, 117 (map), Fig. 165, Plate 147 [secondary reference]

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

• Etymology: "The name rufum (reddish), refers to the reddish colour of the flowers in many forms."

Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Genoplesium. Flora of New South Wales 4: 165 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium rufum (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 rufum (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 rufa (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 sp. aff. rufa (Goldfields) [n/a]

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 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Genoplesium rufum (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: 79, Fig. 10

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

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

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 381 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis rufa (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: 79, Fig. 10

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

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

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