Prasophyllum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Prasophyllum
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Prasophyllum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Prasophyllum
Prasophyllum, commonly known as leek orchids, is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is found in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian species are found in all states but have not been recorded in the Northern Territory. The common name arises from their having a hollow, leek- or onion-like leaf. Some species only flower after summer fires and have flowers similar to those of Xanthorrhoea which flower at the same time, suggesting that they employ the same pollinating insects. Leek orchids are similar to those in the genus Genoplesium except that the free part of the leaf is cylindrical (flat in Genoplesium) and the labellum has a solid (rather than flexible) connection to the column. They range in size from the little laughing leek orchid (P. gracile) at about 15 cm (6 in) to the king leek orchid (P. regium) which grows up to 2 m (80 in) tall.
...Prasophyllum in languages:
- English
- leek orchids
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Prasophyllum abblittiorum
- Prasophyllum affine
- Prasophyllum album
- Prasophyllum alpinum
- Prasophyllum amoenum
- Prasophyllum anticum
- Prasophyllum apoxychilum
- Prasophyllum appendiculatum
- Prasophyllum asinantum
- Prasophyllum atratum
- Prasophyllum australe
- Prasophyllum bagoense
- Prasophyllum barnettii
- Prasophyllum basalticum
- Prasophyllum beatrix
- Prasophyllum brevilabre
- Prasophyllum brevisepalum
- Prasophyllum brownii
- Prasophyllum calcicola
- Prasophyllum campestre
- Prasophyllum canaliculatum
- Prasophyllum candidum
- Prasophyllum caricetum
- Prasophyllum castaneum
- Prasophyllum catenemum
- Prasophyllum caudiculum
- Prasophyllum chasmogamum
- Prasophyllum colensoi
- Prasophyllum collinum
- Prasophyllum concinnum
- Prasophyllum constrictum
- Prasophyllum correctum
- Prasophyllum crassum
- Prasophyllum crebriflorum
- Prasophyllum cucullatum
- Prasophyllum cuneatum
- Prasophyllum cyphochilum
- Prasophyllum diversiflorum
- Prasophyllum dossenum
- Prasophyllum drummondii
- Prasophyllum elatum
- Prasophyllum erythrocommum
- Prasophyllum exile
- Prasophyllum favonium
- Prasophyllum fecundum
- Prasophyllum fimbria
- Prasophyllum fitzgeraldii
- Prasophyllum flavum
- Prasophyllum fosteri
- Prasophyllum frenchii
- Prasophyllum fuscum
- Prasophyllum gibbosum
- Prasophyllum giganteum
- Prasophyllum gilgai
- Prasophyllum goldsackii
- Prasophyllum gracile
- Prasophyllum gracillimum
- Prasophyllum graniticola
- Prasophyllum hectori
- Prasophyllum hectorii
- Prasophyllum helophilum
- Prasophyllum hians
- Prasophyllum holzingeri
- Prasophyllum hygrophilum
- Prasophyllum incompositum
- Prasophyllum incorrectum
- Prasophyllum incurvum
- Prasophyllum innubum
- Prasophyllum keltonii
- Prasophyllum lanceolatum
- Prasophyllum laxum
- Prasophyllum limnetes
- Prasophyllum lindleyanum
- Prasophyllum litorale
- Prasophyllum maccannii
- Prasophyllum macrostachyum
- Prasophyllum macrotys
- Prasophyllum milfordense
- Prasophyllum mimulum
- Prasophyllum montanum
- Prasophyllum morganii
- Prasophyllum murfetii
- Prasophyllum nichollsianum
- Prasophyllum niphopedium
- Prasophyllum nitidum
- Prasophyllum occidentale
- Prasophyllum occultans
- Prasophyllum odoratissimum
- Prasophyllum odoratum
- Prasophyllum olidum
- Prasophyllum ovale
- Prasophyllum pallens
- Prasophyllum pallidum
- Prasophyllum parviflorum
- Prasophyllum parvifolium
- Prasophyllum patens
- Prasophyllum paulinae
- Prasophyllum perangustum
- Prasophyllum petilum
- Prasophyllum pictum
- Prasophyllum pilligaense
- Prasophyllum plumiforme
- Prasophyllum praecox
- Prasophyllum pruinosum
- Prasophyllum pulchellum
- Prasophyllum pyriforme
- Prasophyllum readii
- Prasophyllum reflexum
- Prasophyllum regium
- Prasophyllum robustum
- Prasophyllum rogersii
- Prasophyllum roseum
- Prasophyllum rostratum
- Prasophyllum rousei
- Prasophyllum sargentii
- Prasophyllum secutum
- Prasophyllum solstitium
- Prasophyllum spadiceum
- Prasophyllum sphacelatum
- Prasophyllum spicatum
- Prasophyllum stellatum
- Prasophyllum striatum
- Prasophyllum stygium
- Prasophyllum suaveolens
- Prasophyllum subbisectum
- Prasophyllum suttonii
- Prasophyllum suttonii × tadgellianum
- Prasophyllum sylvestre
- Prasophyllum tadgellianum
- Prasophyllum taphanyx
- Prasophyllum tortilis
- Prasophyllum triangulare
- Prasophyllum truncatum
- Prasophyllum tunbridgense
- Prasophyllum uvidulum
- Prasophyllum validum
- Prasophyllum venustum
- Prasophyllum viretrum
- Prasophyllum viriosum
- Prasophyllum wallum
- Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum































































































































































