Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 1989), Reinterpretation of the genus Genoplesium R.Br. (Orchidaceae: Prasophyllinae). Lindleyana 4(3): 142-143 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Prasophyllum despectans Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum despectans var. intermedium Ewart & B.Rees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum exiguum Rupp nom. inval.

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 116 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Prasophyllum despectans Hook.f. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum despectans Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum exiguum Rupp nom. inval. common name: Sharp Midge Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Genoplesium. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 887, Fig. 187c-d [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum despectans Hook.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum despectans var. intermedium Ewart & B.Rees legitimate common name: Sharp Midge-orchid [n/a]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 50-51, Plate 123 [secondary reference]

common name: Sharp Midge Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Genoplesium in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 88 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum despectans Hook.f. legitimate

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 154 [secondary reference]

common name: Sharp Midge Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "insignificant"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 50, Plate 123 [secondary reference]

common name: Sharp Midge Orchid [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 22 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis despectans (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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: 197 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum despectans Hook.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Corunastylis despectans (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum despectans var. intermedium Ewart & B.Rees legitimate

Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 270 of PDF] [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis despectans (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum despectans Hook.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum despectans Hook.f. var. despectans legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Corunastylis despectans (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum despectans var. intermedia Ewart & B.Rees orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum despectans var. intermedium Ewart & B.Rees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum exiguum Rupp nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum exiguum D.L.Jones nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum exiguum M.A.Clem. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Corunastylis exigua D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. nom. inval. misapplication: Prasophyllum brachystachyum Lindl. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 320

• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 375 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis despectans (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis despectans (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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