Prescottia (Orchidaceae)

Prescottia plantaginifolia (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Cranichidinae
Genus: Prescottia

Overview of species (17)

P. auyantepuiensis – P. carnosa – P. densiflora – P. ecuadorensis – P. glazioviana – P. lancifolia – P. leptostachya – P. lojana – P. montana – P. mucugensis – P. oligantha – P. ostenii – P. phleoides – P. plantaginifolia – P. polyphylla – P. spiranthophylla – P. stachyodes

Name

Prescottia Lindl. in W.J.Hooker, Exot. Fl.: t. 115 (1824), nom. cons.

• Type species: Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook. (1824)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Decaisnea Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde: 192 (1829), nom. rej.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Azevedo, C. & van den Berg, C. (2007) Lectotypifications in Prescottia (Orchidaceae-Orchidoideae). Kew Bulletin 62: 651-655.
• Lindley, J. 1824. Exotic Flora 2: ad t. t. 115.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 47 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Prescottia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 2. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Prescottia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Prescottia. Published online. Accessed: 2 June 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Prescottia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 June 2.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Prescottia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 June 2019.

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Прескотти

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