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

• Type: "Swan River Drummond 181 e. p."

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 187 [secondary reference]

• Type: Swan River, Drummond 181 - holo.: W; iso.: W.

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum muelleri C.R.P.Andrews legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum paludosum Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum elatum var. muelleri (C.R.P.Andrews) Nicholls legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 256-257 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Leek Orchid [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [secondary reference]

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: 832 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum muelleri C.R.P.Andrews legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum paludosum Nicholls legitimate common name: Swamp Leek Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 251-252 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Leek Orchid [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 112 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: `Swan River', J. Drummond 181 (lecto W!, isolecto BM! W!).

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum muelleri C.R.P.Andrews legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum paludosum Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum elatum var. muelleri (C.R.P.Andrews) Nicholls legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 316 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Leek Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 316 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Leek Orchid [n/a]

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

common name: Swamp Leek Orchid [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 380 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Leek Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 260 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp leek orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "named for James Drummond who was the first to collect the species"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 377 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp 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]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum muelleri C.R.P.Andrews legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum paludosum Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum elatum var. muelleri (C.R.P.Andrews) Nicholls legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 30 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 307-308 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum muelleri C.R.P.Andrews legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum paludosum Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum elatum var. muelleri (C.R.P.Andrews) Nicholls legitimate common name: Swamp Leek Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 96 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Leek Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "Named in honour of James Drummond who was the first government naturalist in Western Australia and who collected the type of this species."

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