Prescottia (plant)

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Prescottia
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Prescottia oligantha
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Cranichidinae
Genus: Prescottia
Lindl. in W.J.Hooker
Synonyms [1]
  • DecaisneaBrongn. in L.I.Duperrey
  • PrescotiaLindl., spelling error

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]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Flowering plant clade of flowering plants (in APG I-III)

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 369,000 known species. Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants. However, they are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within the seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. Etymologically, angiosperm means a plant that produces seeds within an enclosure; in other words, a fruiting plant. The term comes from the Greek words angeion and sperma ("seed").

Orchidaceae family of plants

The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family.

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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]

John Prescott Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007)

John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott, is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour member of parliament from 1970 to 2010. In the 1994 leadership election, he stood for both Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, winning election to the latter office. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour's victory in the 1997 election, with an expanded brief as Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

<i>International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants</i> Code of scientific nomenclature

The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants, fungi and a few other groups of organisms, all those "traditionally treated as algae, fungi, or plants". It was formerly called the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN); the name was changed at the International Botanical Congress in Melbourne in July 2011 as part of the Melbourne Code which replaced the Vienna Code of 2005.

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

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  1. Heterotaxis brasiliensis(Brieger & Illg) F.Barros - Brazil
  2. Heterotaxis discolor(Lodd. ex Lindl.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Belize, Nicaragua, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
  3. Heterotaxis equitans(Schltr.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
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  5. Heterotaxis maleolens(Schltr.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Chiapas, Central America
  6. Heterotaxis microiridifolia(D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Ojeda & Carnevali - Peru
  7. Heterotaxis santanae(Carnevali & I.Ramírez) Ojeda & Carnevali - Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela
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  9. Heterotaxis sessilis(Sw.) F.Barros - widespread from Veracruz and Florida south to Brazil
  10. Heterotaxis superflua(Rchb.f.) F.Barros - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
  11. Heterotaxis valenzuelana(A.Rich.) Ojeda & Carnevali - Central America, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
  12. Heterotaxis villosa(Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia
  13. Heterotaxis violaceopunctata (Rchb.f.) F.Barros - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia
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  1. Christensonella echinophyta(Barb.Rodr.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
  2. Christensonella ferdinandiana(Barb.Rodr.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Brazil
  3. Christensonella huntii(Christenson) S.Koehler - Peru
  4. Christensonella macleei(Bateman ex Lindl.) Solano - Oaxaca, Central America
  5. Christensonella nardoides(Kraenzl.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
  6. Christensonella neowiedii(Rchb.f.) S.Koehler - Argentina, Brazil
  7. Christensonella pacholskii(Christenson) S.Koehler - Peru, Ecuador, Brazil
  8. Christensonella pachyphylla(Schltr. ex Hoehne) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Brazil
  9. Christensonella paranaensis(Barb.Rodr.) S.Koehler - Argentina, Brazil
  10. Christensonella pumila(Hook.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Peru, Guyana
  11. Christensonella seidelii(Pabst) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Rio de Janeiro
  12. Christensonella subulata(Lindl.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Brazil
  13. Christensonella subulifolia(Schltr.) S.Koehler - Colombia
  14. Christensonella uncata(Lindl.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, the Guianas

Rhetinantha is a genus of orchids native to Mexico, South America and Central America.

  1. Rhetinantha aciantha(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - widespread from southern Mexico to Brazil
  2. Rhetinantha acuminata(Lindl.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  3. Rhetinantha cerifera(Barb.Rodr.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
  4. Rhetinantha divaricata(Barb.Rodr.) M.A.Blanco - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
  5. Rhetinantha encyclioides(J.T.Atwood & Dodson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador
  6. Rhetinantha friedrichsthalii(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - Central America, Yucatán Peninsula
  7. Rhetinantha mariaisabeliae(J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco - Bolivia
  8. Rhetinantha monacensis(Kraenzl.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia
  9. Rhetinantha neilii(Dodson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador
  10. Rhetinantha notylioglossa(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
  11. Rhetinantha ophiodens(J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco - Bolivia
  12. Rhetinantha pastorellii(D.E.Benn. & Christenson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador, Peru
  13. Rhetinantha schistostele(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco - Costa Rica
  14. Rhetinantha scorpioidea(Kraenzl.) M.A.Blanco - widespread from southern Mexico to Brazil
  15. Rhetinantha witsenioides(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Veyretia is a genus of terrestrial orchids native to South America and to Trinidad.

  1. Veyretia aphylla(Ridl.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
  2. Veyretia caudata(R.J.V.Alves) Mytnik - Minas Gerais
  3. Veyretia cogniauxiana(Barb.Rodr. ex Cogn.) Szlach. - Minas Gerais
  4. Veyretia hassleri(Cogn.) Szlach. - Brazil, Paraguay
  5. Veyretia neuroptera(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil
  6. Veyretia rupicola(Garay) F.Barros - Brazil
  7. Veyretia sagittata(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. - French Guiana, Argentina, Brazil
  8. Veyretia simplex(Griseb.) Szlach. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
  9. Veyretia sincorensis(Schltr.) Szlach. - Bahia
  10. Veyretia szlachetkoanaMytnik - Colombia, Venezuela
  11. Veyretia undulataSzlach. - Brazil

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Flora of North America, v 26 p 520, Prescottia oligantha (Swartz) Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 454. 1840.
  3. ↑ Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  4. ↑ Azevedo, C. & van den Berg, C. (2007). Lectotypifications in Prescottia (Orchidaceae-Orchidoideae). Kew Bulletin 62: 651-655.
  5. ↑ Lindley, John in Hooker, William Jackson. 1824. Exotic Flora 2: at plate 115
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, v 26 p 519, Prescottia Lindley, Exotic Fl. 2: plate 115. 1824 (as Prescotia).


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