Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 318 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(D.) v.v."

Lindley, J. (September 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 515 [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): 12, fig. CXII [secondary reference]

Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 58 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Prasophyllum lindleyanum Rchb.f. legitimate by Lindley, J. (September 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 515

Fitzgerald, R.D. in Moore, C. (1893), Orchideae. Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 396 [basionym]

basionym of: Prasophyllum fuscum var. alpinum (R.Br.) Fitzg. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Prasophyllum fuscum R.Br. 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, fig. CXII

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 28, 30 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum frenchii var. tadgellianum R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum tadgellianum (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 114, Fig. 111 A-A1 [secondary reference]

common name: Alpine Leek-orchid [n/a]

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 159-160, Fig. 145-6 [secondary reference]

common name: Alpine Leek orchid [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 75 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum tadgellianum (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 31 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum frenchii var. tadgellianum R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum tadgellianum (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 248-249 [secondary reference]

common name: Alpine Leek Orchid [n/a]

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

• Lectotype: "`In summitato Montis Tablaris prope fl. Derwent' [Top of Table Mountain near Derwent River, Tasmania], R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated)."

nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum fuscum var. alpinum (R.Br.) Fitzg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum frenchii var. tadgellianum R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum tadgellianum (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers legitimate

Bernhardt, P. & Rowe, R.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Prasophyllum. Flora of New South Wales 4: 160 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum tadgellianum (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Alpine Leek Orchid [n/a]

Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Prasophyllum. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 881, Fig. 186g-h [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum frenchii var. tadgellianum R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum tadgellianum (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Alpine Leek-orchid [n/a]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 45-46, Plate 111a, b [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (24 July 1996), Resolution of the Prasophyllum alpinum R.Br.) Orchidaceae) complex in mainland south-eastern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Muelleria 9: 52, fig. 1 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum fuscum var. alpinum (R.Br.) Fitzg. legitimate

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Prasophyllum in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 99 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 182 [secondary reference]

common name: Alpine Leek Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "alpine (habitat)"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 45-46, Plate 111a, b [secondary reference]

common name: Alpine Leek 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: 24 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum sphacelatum D.L.Jones legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 318

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 24 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum tadgellianum (R.S.Rogers) 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

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 100 [secondary reference]

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: 31, 106 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Prasophyllum fuscum var. alpinum (R.Br.) Fitzg. legitimate misapplication: Prasophyllum frenchii F.Muell. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 73-74

• APC Dist.: Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum tadgellianum (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers legitimate by Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Prasophyllum. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 881, Fig. 186g-h

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Prasophyllum tadgellianum (R.S.Rogers) R.S.Rogers legitimate by Bernhardt, P. & Rowe, R.R. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Prasophyllum. Flora of New South Wales 4: 160

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Prasophyllum sylvestre R.J.Bates & D.L.Jones legitimate by Bates, R.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Prasophyllum. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 881, Fig. 186g-h

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 33 [basionym]

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

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 328 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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