Prescottia oligantha

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Prescottia oligantha']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Prescottia oligantha'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Cranichideae • Subtribus: Cranichidinae • Genus: Prescottia • Species: Prescottia oligantha (Sw.) Lindl. (1840)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Cranichis oligantha Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 120 (1788)
Homotypic synonyms
- Cranichis micrantha Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 700 (1826)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Prescottia micrantha Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1915 (1836)
- Prescottia tenuis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 454 (1840)
- Prescottia myosurus Rchb.f. ex Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 640 (1864)
- Prescottia microrhiza Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 179 (1877)
- Prescottia pubescens Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 178 (1877)
- Prescottia nivalis Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 278 (1882)
- Prescottia viacola Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 279 (1882)
- Prescottia viacola var. polyphylla Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(6): 549 (1906)
- Prescottia filiformis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 50 (1920)
- Prescottia gracilis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 51 (1920)
- Prescottia panamensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 357 (1920)
- Prescottia polysphaera Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 357 (1920)

Flowers

Prescottia oligantha
Prescottia oligantha

Botanical illustrations

Prescottia oligantha
(as syn.
Prescottia viacola)
plate 62, fig. II in:
Alfred Cogniaux:
Flora Brasiliensis
vol. 3 pt. 4
(1893-1896)
Prescottia oligantha
(as syn.
Prescottia microrhiza)
plate 63, fig. I in:
Alfred Cogniaux:
Flora Brasiliensis
vol. 3 pt. 4
(1893-1896)
Prescottia oligantha
(as syn.
Prescottia nivalis)
plate 64, fig. II in:
Alfred Cogniaux:
Flora Brasiliensis
vol. 3 pt. 4
(1893-1896)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Guyana, Venezuela.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Prescottia oligantha.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Prescottia oligantha

Prescottia oligantha

Flowers

Botanical illustrations

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