- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30027125-2
- Publication
- Exotic Flora, Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare or Otherwise Interesting Exotic Plants...with Remarks Upon Their Generic and Specific Characters, Natural Orders, History, Culture, Time of Flowering, &c. By William Jackson Hooker. Edinburgh
- Collation
- 2(13): t. 115
- Date of Publication
- Aug 1824
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- P. plantaginifolia Hook. (as 'P. plantaginea' on the plate)
Nomenclatural Notes
Status: nom. cons.
as 'Prescotia' (orth. cons.)
Remarks
Etymology: Lindley formed the generic name after his friend 'John Prescot' (John Prescott). Later, Lindley (Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: sub t. 1915 ('1916'). 1836) used 'Prescottia'.