Prestonia (plant)

Prestonia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. It is closely related to Artia and Parsonsia.

• # Prestonia acrensis - Acre in Brazil
 * Species

• # Prestonia amabilis - Pastaza in Ecuador

• # Prestonia amazonica - N Brazil

• # Prestonia annularis - Trinidad, N South America

• # Prestonia bahiensis - E Brazil

• # Prestonia boliviana - Chuquisaca

• # Prestonia brittonii - Trinidad, Venezuela

• # Prestonia calycina - S Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina

• # Prestonia cayennensis - N South America

• # Prestonia cephalantha - Bolivia

• # Prestonia clandestina - S Mexico

• # Prestonia coalita - much of South America

• # Prestonia cogolloi - Antioquia in Colombia

• # Prestonia cordifolia - Peru

• # Prestonia cornutisepala - Bolivia

• # Prestonia cyaniphylla - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina

• # Prestonia denticulata - Pará, Rio de Janeiro

• # Prestonia didyma - E Brazil

• # Prestonia discolor - Guyana

• # Prestonia dusenii - S Brazil

• # Prestonia erecta - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay

• # Prestonia exserta - Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama

• # Prestonia falcatosepala - Colombia, Ecuador

• # Prestonia folsomii - Colombia, Panama

• # Prestonia guianensis - Venezuela, Guyana

• # Prestonia hammelii - Costa Rica

• # Prestonia haughtii - Colombia

• # Prestonia ipomaeifolia - Panama, NW South America, Fr Guiana

• # Prestonia lacerata - Peru

• # Prestonia lagoensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina

• # Prestonia leco - La Paz in Bolivia

• # Prestonia lenticellata - Panama

• # Prestonia lindleyana - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil

• # Prestonia longifolia - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia

• # Prestonia megagros - Venezuela, Brazil

• # Prestonia mexicana - C + S Mexico, Central America, Colombia

• # Prestonia mollis - Panama, NW South America

• # Prestonia morilloi - Venezuela, Colombia, Panama

• # Prestonia papillosa - Colombia

• # Prestonia parviflora - Venezuela, Colombia

• # Prestonia parvifolia - Ecuador

• # Prestonia peregrina - Ecuador

• # Prestonia phenax - Peru, Bolivia

• # Prestonia plumeriifolia - Peru, NW Brazil

• # Prestonia portobellensis - S Mexico to Ecuador

• # Prestonia premontana - Venezuela

• # Prestonia quinquangularis - South + Central America, West Indies

• # Prestonia racemosa - Peru

• # Prestonia riedelii - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, N Argentina

• # Prestonia riverae - Costa Rica

• # Prestonia robusta - Peru, Bolivia

• # Prestonia rotundifolia - Colombia, Ecuador

• # Prestonia schumanniana - Ecuador

• # Prestonia seemannii - N Colombia, Panama

• # Prestonia solanifolia - SE Brazil

• # Prestonia speciosa - Chiapas to Nicaragua

• # Prestonia succo - Peru

• # Prestonia surinamensis - Colombia, N Brazil, 3 Guianas

• # Prestonia tomentosa - tropical South America

• # Prestonia trifida - Costa Rica to Brazil

• # Prestonia tysonii - Panama

• # Prestonia vana - Peru

• # Prestonia vaupesana - Venezuela, Colombia


 * Formerly included
 * 1) Prestonia agglutinata (Jacq.) Woodson = Echites agglutinatus Jacq.
 * 2) Prestonia arborescens Monach. = Hylaea arborescens (Monach.) J.F.Morales
 * 3) Prestonia caudata Woodson = Echites puntarenensis J.F.Morales
 * 4) Prestonia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. = Laubertia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
 * 5) Prestonia hirsuta Spreng. 1824 not Müll.Arg. 1860 = Mandevilla pavonii (A.DC.) Woodson
 * 6) Prestonia langlassei Standl. = Laubertia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
 * 7) Prestonia leptoloba Monach. = Hylaea leptoloba (Monach.) J.F.Morales
 * 8) Prestonia peruviana Spreng. = Mandevilla glandulosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
 * 9) Prestonia woodsoniana (Monach.) A.H.Gentry = Echites woodsonianus Monach.