Orchidaceae Juss.
Prasophyllum cucullatum Rchb.f. , legitimate, scientific
Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 59 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Swan River Drummond (sine N.)! Preiss. 2211! (Prasophyllum gibbosum Endl.) Videtur etiam huc pertinere Drumm. 306, quod defloratum male siccatum, paulo majus. K.G. Sound Hügel (Herb. Caes. Vindob.!)"
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 112 [secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 187 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Stirling Terrace (Albany), Preiss 2211, Sept. 22, 1840 - lecto.: W, syn.: FI, G, L, P, W; Swan River, Drummond 5.443 - syn.: G, P, W, K-L, P.
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 187 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum gibbosum R.Br. legitimate
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 834 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum gibbosum R.Br. legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 111-112 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 303 [secondary reference]
common name: Hooded Leek Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 303 [secondary reference]
common name: Hooded Leek Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 87 [secondary reference]
common name: Hooded Leek Orchid [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 377 [secondary reference]
common name: Hooded Leek Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (June 2004), Miscellaneous new species, new genera, reinstated genera and new combinations in Australian Orchidaceae. The Orchadian, Scientific Supplement 14(8): xiii [basionym]
basionym of: Chiloterus cucullatus (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 252 [secondary reference]
common name: Hooded leek orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "hooded, alluding to the hood formed by the lateral sepals"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 365 [secondary reference]
common name: Hooded 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: 32, 130 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Chiloterus cucullatus (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 387 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Chiloterus cucullatus (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 84 [secondary reference]
common name: Hooded Leek Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin cucullatum (hood-like, hood-shaped), in reference to the hood formed by the united lateral sepals."