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

replaced synonym: Prasophyllum gracile var. ringens Rchb.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum macrostachyum var. ringens (Rchb.) A.S.George legitimate misapplication: Prasophyllum nigricans R.Br. legitimate by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 12 misapplication: Prasophyllum gracile Lindl. legitimate by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 13

• Etymology: "The specific epithet is an allusion to the lateral sepals resembling a set of antelope horns."
• Comment: nom. illeg., nom. superfl., non Prasophyllum ringens (Rchb.) R.J.Bates (20 Jul. 1989).

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (25 January 1996), A reassessment of Prasophyllum gracile and P. macrostachyum (Orchidaceae), with the description of P. paulinae, a new species from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(3): 411 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum gracile Lindl. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum gracile Lindl. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 356 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Paraprasophyllum gracile (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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