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The genus Prescottia is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Prescottia

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Prescottia auyantepuiensis Carnevali & G.A.Romero	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia carnosa C.Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia cordifolia Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia densiflora (Brongn.) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia epiphyta Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia glazioviana Cogn.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia lancifolia Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia leptostachya Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia lojana Dodson	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia microrhiza Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia montana Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia nivalis Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia octopollinica Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia oligantha (Sw.) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia ostenii Pabst	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia pellucida Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia petiolaris Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia phleoides Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia plantaginea Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia polyphylla Porsch	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia rodeiensis Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia stachyodes (Sw.) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia stricta Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia tepuyensis Carnevali & C.A.Vargas	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia tubulosa (Lindl.) L.O.Williams	Accepted		WCSP
Prescottia villenarum Christenson	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 57 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Prescottia. Of these 26 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Prescottia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 57 species names for the genus Prescottia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	26	45.6%
◕	Synonym	29	50.9%
◕	Unplaced	1	1.8%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.8%

All names

The status of the 59 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Prescottia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	26	44.1%
◕	Synonym	31	52.5%
◕	Unplaced	1	1.7%
◕	Unassessed	1	1.7%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 57 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Prescottia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	26	29	0	0	55	96.5%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	1	1	2	3.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Prescottia, are as follows: