Prasophyllum robustum (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Robust leek-orchid
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in: 1995 (Kirkpatrick & Gilfedder, 1999:23).
"The species was originally described from the Smithton area in 1940. It was thought to be extinct due to agricultural development until a small population was rediscovered in 1995 in the Latrobe area where it grew on brown loam in grassy/shrubby browntopped stringybark (Eucalyptus obliqua) forest."
(Kirkpatrick & Gilfedder, 1999:23)
Distribution
Tasmania, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
Wapstra, Hans, Wapstra, Annie, Wapstra, Mark and Gilfedder, Louise. (2005). The Little Book of Common Names for Tasmanian Plants. Hobart, TAS: Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment. 88 pp.