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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of North America, v 26 p 520, Prescottia oligantha (Swartz) Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 454. 1840. Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.Azevedo, C. & van den Berg, C. (2007). Lectotypifications in Prescottia (Orchidaceae-Orchidoideae). Kew Bulletin 62: 651-655.
The name is sometimes misspelled as Prescotia, including in the original generic description.Lindley, John in Hooker, William Jackson. 1824. Exotic Flora 2: at plate 115 The genus was named for John Prescott, so is to be spelled with a double t per ICN.Flora of North America, v 26 p 519, Prescottia Lindley, Exotic Fl. 2: plate 115. 1824 (as Prescotia).
, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 25 species:
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