Prescottia plantaginifolia (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Cranichidinae
Genus: Prescottia

Overview of species (17)

P. auyantepuiensis – P. carnosa – P. densiflora – P. ecuadorensis – P. glazioviana – P. lancifolia – P. leptostachya – P. lojana – P. montana – P. mucugensis – P. oligantha – P. ostenii – P. phleoides – P. plantaginifolia – P. polyphylla – P. spiranthophylla – P. stachyodes

Name

Prescottia Lindl. in W.J.Hooker, Exot. Fl.: t. 115 (1824), nom. cons.

  • Type species: Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook. (1824)

Synonymy

  • Heterotypic
    • Decaisnea Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde: 192 (1829), nom. rej.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida.
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Azevedo, C. & van den Berg, C. (2007) Lectotypifications in Prescottia (Orchidaceae-Orchidoideae). Kew Bulletin 62: 651-655.
  • Lindley, J. 1824. Exotic Flora 2: ad t. t. 115.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 47 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9

Vernacular names

кырык мары: Прескотти

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