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