Prestonia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.[2] It is closely related to Artia and Parsonsia.[3][4]
| Prestonia | |
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| Prestonia coalita | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apocynoideae |
| Tribe: | Echiteae |
| Genus: | Prestonia R.Br.[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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- Species[2]
- Prestonia acrensis - Acre in Brazil
- Prestonia amabilis - Pastaza in Ecuador
- Prestonia amazonica - N Brazil
- Prestonia annularis - Trinidad, N South America
- Prestonia bahiensis - E Brazil
- Prestonia boliviana - Chuquisaca
- Prestonia brittonii - Trinidad, Venezuela
- Prestonia calycina - S Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina
- Prestonia cayennensis - N South America
- Prestonia cephalantha - Bolivia
- Prestonia clandestina - S Mexico
- Prestonia coalita - much of South America
- Prestonia cogolloi - Antioquia in Colombia
- Prestonia cordifolia - Peru
- Prestonia cornutisepala - Bolivia
- Prestonia cyaniphylla - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
- Prestonia denticulata - Pará, Rio de Janeiro
- Prestonia didyma - E Brazil
- Prestonia discolor - Guyana
- Prestonia dusenii - S Brazil
- Prestonia erecta - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Prestonia exserta - Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama
- Prestonia falcatosepala - Colombia, Ecuador
- Prestonia folsomii - Colombia, Panama
- Prestonia guianensis - Venezuela, Guyana
- Prestonia hammelii - Costa Rica
- Prestonia haughtii - Colombia
- Prestonia ipomaeifolia - Panama, NW South America, Fr Guiana
- Prestonia lacerata - Peru
- Prestonia lagoensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
- Prestonia leco - La Paz in Bolivia
- Prestonia lenticellata - Panama
- Prestonia lindleyana - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
- Prestonia longifolia - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
- Prestonia megagros - Venezuela, Brazil
- Prestonia mexicana - C + S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
- Prestonia mollis - Panama, NW South America
- Prestonia morilloi - Venezuela, Colombia, Panama
- Prestonia papillosa - Colombia
- Prestonia parviflora - Venezuela, Colombia
- Prestonia parvifolia - Ecuador
- Prestonia peregrina - Ecuador
- Prestonia phenax - Peru, Bolivia
- Prestonia plumeriifolia - Peru, NW Brazil
- Prestonia portobellensis - S Mexico to Ecuador
- Prestonia premontana - Venezuela
- Prestonia quinquangularis - South + Central America, West Indies
- Prestonia racemosa - Peru
- Prestonia riedelii - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, N Argentina
- Prestonia riverae - Costa Rica
- Prestonia robusta - Peru, Bolivia
- Prestonia rotundifolia - Colombia, Ecuador
- Prestonia schumanniana - Ecuador
- Prestonia seemannii - N Colombia, Panama
- Prestonia solanifolia - SE Brazil
- Prestonia speciosa - Chiapas to Nicaragua
- Prestonia succo - Peru
- Prestonia surinamensis - Colombia, N Brazil, 3 Guianas
- Prestonia tomentosa - tropical South America
- Prestonia trifida - Costa Rica to Brazil
- Prestonia tysonii - Panama
- Prestonia vana - Peru
- Prestonia vaupesana - Venezuela, Colombia
- Formerly included[2]
- Prestonia agglutinata (Jacq.) Woodson = Echites agglutinatus Jacq.
- Prestonia arborescens Monach. = Hylaea arborescens (Monach.) J.F.Morales
- Prestonia caudata Woodson = Echites puntarenensis J.F.Morales
- Prestonia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. = Laubertia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
- Prestonia hirsuta Spreng. 1824 not Müll.Arg. 1860 = Mandevilla pavonii (A.DC.) Woodson
- Prestonia langlassei Standl. = Laubertia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
- Prestonia leptoloba Monach. = Hylaea leptoloba (Monach.) J.F.Morales
- Prestonia peruviana Spreng. = Mandevilla glandulosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
- Prestonia woodsoniana (Monach.) A.H.Gentry = Echites woodsonianus Monach.
References
edit- ^ "Prestonia information from NPGS/GRIN". www.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- ^ a b c d "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ Livshultz, T., D. J. Middleton, M. E. Endress, and J. K. Williams.(2007) Phylogeny of Apocynoideae and the APSA Clade (Apocynaceae S.l.). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94, no. 2: 324–59.
- ^ Morales, J.F.; Endress, M.E.; Liede-Schumann, S. (2017) Sex, drugs and pupusas: Disentangling relationships in Echiteae (Apocynaceae). Taxon 66 (3): 623-644. https://doi.org/10.12705/663.7
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