Prescottia (plant)
Introduction '''''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:#''Prescottia auyantepuiensis'' Carnevali & G.A.Romero in G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali - Venezuela#''Prescottia carnosa'' C.Schweinf. - Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana#''Prescottia cordifolia'' Rchb.f. - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Colombia, Ecuador#''Prescottia densiflora'' (Brongn.) Lindl. - Brazil, Uruguay#''Prescottia ecuadorensis'' C.O.Azevedo & Van den Berg - Ecuador#''Prescottia epiphyta'' Barb.Rodr. - Brazil#''Prescottia glazioviana'' Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro#''Prescottia lancifolia'' Lindl. - Brazil#''Prescottia leptostachya'' Lindl. - Brazil#''Prescottia lojana'' Dodson - Ecuador#''Prescottia microrhiza'' Barb.Rodr. - Brazil, Paraguay#''Prescottia montana'' Barb.Rodr. - Brazil#''Prescottia mucugensis'' C.O.Azevedo & Van den Berg - Bahia#''Prescottia octopollinica'' Barb.Rodr. - Rio de Janeiro#''Prescottia oligantha'' (Sw.) Lindl. - widespread from Mexico and Florida though Central America, the West Indies and South America#''Prescottia ostenii'' Pabst - Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay#''Prescottia petiolaris'' Lindl. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru#''Prescottia phleoides'' Lindl. - Minas Gerais#''Prescottia plantaginea'' Lindl. in W.J.Hooker - Brazil#''Prescottia polyphylla'' Porsch - São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro#''Prescottia rodeiensis'' Barb.Rodr. - Rio de Janeiro#''Prescottia stachyodes'' (Sw.) Lindl - widespread in Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, and much of South America#''Prescottia stricta'' Schltr. - Minas Gerais#''Prescottia tepuyensis'' Carnevali & C.A.Vargas - Venezuela#''Prescottia villenarum'' Christenson - Peru
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