Bates, R. (20 July 1989), Prasophyllum calcicola, P. macrostachyum and P. ringens (Orchidaceae): three similar species from Western and southern Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11(2): 179-182, Fig. 1, Maps 1, 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "R. Bates 2252 (AD), Warrenben Conservation Park (S.Aust.), 23.ix.1982."

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 107 (map), Fig. 154, Plate 127 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 297 [secondary reference]

common name: Limestone Leek Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 297 [secondary reference]

common name: Limestone Leek Orchid [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 87 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 378 [secondary reference]

common name: Limestone Leek Orchid [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 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Prasophyllum macrostachyum R.Br. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 318

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 250 [secondary reference]

common name: Limestone leek orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "lime loving, alluding to the coastal calcareous habitat of the species"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 358 [secondary reference]

common name: Limestone 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: 234-235, photos 8-12 [secondary reference]

common name: Limestone 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: 31, 97, 130 [secondary reference]

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

misapplication: Prasophyllum macrostachyum R.Br. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2107

• APC Dist.: WA, SA

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 calcicola (R.J.Bates) 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 calcicola (R.J.Bates) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 102 [secondary reference]

common name: Limestone Leek Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin calcis (limestone) and -cola (an inhabitant, dwelling), in reference to the coastal calcareous sand and limestone habitat of the species."

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