Prescottia (plant)

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.

The name is sometimes misspelled as Prescotia, including in the original generic description. The genus was named for John Prescott, so is to be spelled with a double t per ICN.

Species accepted as of June 2014:


 * 1) Prescottia auyantepuiensis Carnevali & G.A.Romero in G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali - Venezuela
 * 2) Prescottia carnosa C.Schweinf. - Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana
 * 3) Prescottia cordifolia Rchb.f. - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Colombia, Ecuador
 * 4) Prescottia densiflora (Brongn.) Lindl. - Brazil, Uruguay
 * 5) Prescottia ecuadorensis C.O.Azevedo & Van den Berg - Ecuador
 * 6) Prescottia epiphyta Barb.Rodr. - Brazil
 * 7) Prescottia glazioviana Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
 * 8) Prescottia lancifolia Lindl. - Brazil
 * 9) Prescottia leptostachya Lindl. - Brazil
 * 10) Prescottia lojana Dodson - Ecuador
 * 11) Prescottia microrhiza Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Paraguay
 * 12) Prescottia montana Barb.Rodr. - Brazil
 * 13) Prescottia mucugensis C.O.Azevedo & Van den Berg - Bahia
 * 14) Prescottia octopollinica Barb.Rodr. - Rio de Janeiro
 * 15) Prescottia oligantha (Sw.) Lindl. - widespread from Mexico and Florida though Central America, the West Indies and South America
 * 16) Prescottia ostenii Pabst - Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay
 * 17) Prescottia petiolaris Lindl. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
 * 18) Prescottia phleoides Lindl. - Minas Gerais
 * 19) Prescottia plantaginea Lindl. in W.J.Hooker - Brazil
 * 20) Prescottia polyphylla Porsch - São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
 * 21) Prescottia rodeiensis Barb.Rodr. - Rio de Janeiro
 * 22) Prescottia stachyodes (Sw.) Lindl - widespread in Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, and much of South America
 * 23) Prescottia stricta Schltr. - Minas Gerais
 * 24) Prescottia tepuyensis Carnevali & C.A.Vargas - Venezuela
 * 25) Prescottia villenarum Christenson - Peru