Prescottia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Prescottia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Prescottia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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.
As of December 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 25 species:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Prescottia auyantepuiensis
- Prescottia carnosa
- Prescottia cordifolia
- Prescottia densiflora
- Prescottia ecuadorensis
- Prescottia glazioviana
- Prescottia lancifolia
- Prescottia leptostachya
- Prescottia lojana
- Prescottia montana
- Prescottia mucugensis
- Prescottia oligantha
- Prescottia ostenii
- Prescottia phleoides
- Prescottia plantaginifolia
- Prescottia polyphylla
- Prescottia spiranthophylla
- Prescottia stachyodes
































































































