Prasophyllum sp. nov. ‘Lara’
Lara leek-orchid
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Prasophyllum sp. Lara (W.H.Nicholls, Orchids Australia pl. 117c, g (1969)) Vic. Herbarium; Prasophyllum sp. aff. odoratum M [used by Rouse, 2002; Backhouse & Cameron, 2005:67; DEPI, 2014]; Prasophyllum species ‘Lara' [used by Backhouse et al., 2016, 2019]
Conservation Status
Extinct (Backhouse & Cameron, 2005:67; Jeanes & Backhouse, 2006 fide Backhouse et al., 2016:35,116, 2019:39,124)
Distribution & Habitat
near Lara, Victoria, Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Backhouse, Gary N., Bates, Robert J., Brown, Andrew P. and Copeland, Lachlan M. (2016). Checklist of the Orchids of Australia Including its Island Territories. Version 1. Unpublished. 139 pp.
Backhouse, Gary N., Bates, Robert J., Brown, Andrew P. and Copeland, Lachlan M. (2019). Checklist of the Orchids of Australia Including its Island Territories, second edition. Melbourne. 148 pp.
Backhouse, Gary and Cameron, David. (2005). Application of IUCN 2001 Red List Categories in Determining the Conservation Status of Native Orchids of Victoria, Australia. Selbyana 26(1-2), Proceedings of the Second International Orchid Conservation Congress (2005), pp. 58-74. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41760174
DEPI (Department of Environment and Primary Industries). (2014). Advisory list of rare of threatened plants in Victoria - 2014. Melbourne, VIC: Department of Environment and Primary Industries.
Jeanes, J. and Backhouse, G. (2006). Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia. Seaford: Aquatic Photographics.
Rouse, D. T. (2002). Report on the taxonomic, ecological and conservation status of taxa in the genus Prasophyllum R. Br. in south-eastern Australia. Unpublished report to the Australian Orchid Foundation.