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.^[1][2][3][4]

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. in W.J.Hooker
Synonyms[1]
Decaisnea Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey Prescotia Lindl., spelling error

The name is sometimes misspelled as Prescotia, including in the original generic description.^[5] The genus was named for John Prescott, so is to be spelled with a double t per ICN.^[6]

Species accepted as of June 2014:^[1]

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