Prescottia (plant)
| Prescottia | |
|---|---|
| Prescottia oligantha | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Cranichideae |
| Subtribe: | Cranichidinae |
| Genus: | Prescottia Lindl.[1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Prescottia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America and the West Indies, with one species (P. oligantha) extending into Florida.[2][3][4][5]
The name is sometimes misspelled as Prescotia, including in the original generic description.[6] The genus was named for John Prescott, so is to be spelled with a double t per ICN.[7]
As of December 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 25 species:[1]
- Prescottia auyantepuiensis Carnevali & G.A.Romero
- Prescottia carnosa C.Schweinf.
- Prescottia congesta Pupulin
- Prescottia cordifolia Rchb.f.
- Prescottia densiflora (Brongn.) Lindl.
- Prescottia ecuadorensis C.O.Azevedo & Van den Berg
- Prescottia filiformis Schltr.
- Prescottia glazioviana Cogn.
- Prescottia gracilis Schltr.
- Prescottia lancifolia Lindl.
- Prescottia leptostachya Lindl.
- Prescottia lojana Dodson
- Prescottia montana Barb.Rodr.
- Prescottia mucugensis C.O.Azevedo & Van den Berg
- Prescottia nervosa Archila, Szlach. & Chiron
- Prescottia oligantha (Sw.) Lindl.
- Prescottia ostenii Pabst
- Prescottia petiolaris Lindl.
- Prescottia phleoides Lindl.
- Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook.
- Prescottia polyphylla Porsch
- Prescottia sibundoyensis S.Nowak, Kolan., Medina Tr. & Szlach.
- Prescottia smithii Schltr.
- Prescottia spiranthophylla Barb.Rodr.
- Prescottia stachyodes (Sw.) Lindl.
References
- ^ a b c "Prescottia Lindl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of North America, v 26 p 520, Prescottia oligantha (Swartz) Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 454. 1840.
- ^ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- ^ Azevedo, C. & van den Berg, C. (2007). Lectotypifications in Prescottia (Orchidaceae-Orchidoideae). Kew Bulletin 62: 651-655.
- ^ Lindley, John in Hooker, William Jackson. 1824. Exotic Flora 2: at plate 115
- ^ Flora of North America, v 26 p 519, Prescottia Lindley, Exotic Fl. 2: plate 115. 1824 (as Prescotia).
External links
- Media related to Prescottia at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Prescottia at Wikispecies