Orchidaceae
Prescottia

Prescottia oligantha (Sw.) Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 454 (1840)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida to Tropical America. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 1700 - 2000 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Small, terrestrial herbs to 40 cm tall with a fascicle of thick, fleshy roots
Morphology Stem
Stems slender, erect, mostly 15–35 cm tall, glabrous, bearing several narrow, tubular sheaths
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 2–3, basal, petiolate, cuneate, elliptical to suborbicular, acute to rounded, 1.5–13 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a very slender, dense, many-flowered spike
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers pinkish or whitish, glabrous, minute, less than 2.5 mm long; floral bracts ovate to lanceolate, clasping the base of the ovary, 1.5–4 mm long; sepals arising from a broad connate base, 1–2.2 mm long; dorsal sepal recurved, ovate, usually obtuse, lateral sepals triangular to deltoid, connate with the lip to form a mentum; petals recurved, more or less linear, 1–1.5 mm long; lip white, erect, basally auriculate, suborbicular, concave-saccate, 1–2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column
Column adnate to sepaline tube, laterally winged near the apex, minute
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 4 mm long, narrowly 6-keeled.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Florida, West Indies, Mexico, south through C. America and tropical and subtropical S. America, including the Galapagos Islands. Rather common and widespread.
Ecology
Growing in the humus of rocky woodlands.
[Cayman]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1700–2000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Meta.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0