Prestonia (plant)

Prestonia
Prestonia coalita
Scientific classification
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]
Belandra S.F.Blake Guachamaca Grosourdy Haemadictyon Lindl. Rhaptocarpus Miers Rhodocalyx Müll.Arg.

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]

Species[2]

1. Prestonia acrensis - Acre in Brazil
2. Prestonia amabilis - Pastaza in Ecuador
3. Prestonia amazonica - N Brazil
4. Prestonia annularis - Trinidad, N South America
5. Prestonia bahiensis - E Brazil
6. Prestonia boliviana - Chuquisaca
7. Prestonia brittonii - Trinidad, Venezuela
8. Prestonia calycina - S Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina
9. Prestonia cayennensis - N South America
10. Prestonia cephalantha - Bolivia
11. Prestonia clandestina - S Mexico
12. Prestonia coalita - much of South America
13. Prestonia cogolloi - Antioquia in Colombia
14. Prestonia cordifolia - Peru
15. Prestonia cornutisepala - Bolivia
16. Prestonia cyaniphylla - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
17. Prestonia denticulata - Pará, Rio de Janeiro
18. Prestonia didyma - E Brazil
19. Prestonia discolor - Guyana
20. Prestonia dusenii - S Brazil
21. Prestonia erecta - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
22. Prestonia exserta - Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama
23. Prestonia falcatosepala - Colombia, Ecuador
24. Prestonia folsomii - Colombia, Panama
25. Prestonia guianensis - Venezuela, Guyana
26. Prestonia hammelii - Costa Rica
27. Prestonia haughtii - Colombia
28. Prestonia ipomaeifolia - Panama, NW South America, Fr Guiana
29. Prestonia lacerata - Peru
30. Prestonia lagoensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
31. Prestonia leco - La Paz in Bolivia
32. Prestonia lenticellata - Panama
33. Prestonia lindleyana - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
34. Prestonia longifolia - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
35. Prestonia megagros - Venezuela, Brazil
36. Prestonia mexicana - C + S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
37. Prestonia mollis - Panama, NW South America
38. Prestonia morilloi - Venezuela, Colombia, Panama
39. Prestonia papillosa - Colombia
40. Prestonia parviflora - Venezuela, Colombia
41. Prestonia parvifolia - Ecuador
42. Prestonia peregrina - Ecuador
43. Prestonia phenax - Peru, Bolivia
44. Prestonia plumeriifolia - Peru, NW Brazil
45. Prestonia portobellensis - S Mexico to Ecuador
46. Prestonia premontana - Venezuela
47. Prestonia quinquangularis - South + Central America, West Indies
48. Prestonia racemosa - Peru
49. Prestonia riedelii - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, N Argentina
50. Prestonia riverae - Costa Rica
51. Prestonia robusta - Peru, Bolivia
52. Prestonia rotundifolia - Colombia, Ecuador
53. Prestonia schumanniana - Ecuador
54. Prestonia seemannii - N Colombia, Panama
55. Prestonia solanifolia - SE Brazil
56. Prestonia speciosa - Chiapas to Nicaragua
57. Prestonia succo - Peru
58. Prestonia surinamensis - Colombia, N Brazil, 3 Guianas
59. Prestonia tomentosa - tropical South America
60. Prestonia trifida - Costa Rica to Brazil
61. Prestonia tysonii - Panama
62. Prestonia vana - Peru
63. Prestonia vaupesana - Venezuela, Colombia

Formerly included[2]

1. Prestonia agglutinata (Jacq.) Woodson = Echites agglutinatus Jacq.
2. Prestonia arborescens Monach. = Hylaea arborescens (Monach.) J.F.Morales
3. Prestonia caudata Woodson = Echites puntarenensis J.F.Morales
4. Prestonia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. = Laubertia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
5. Prestonia hirsuta Spreng. 1824 not Müll.Arg. 1860 = Mandevilla pavonii (A.DC.) Woodson
6. Prestonia langlassei Standl. = Laubertia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
7. Prestonia leptoloba Monach. = Hylaea leptoloba (Monach.) J.F.Morales
8. Prestonia peruviana Spreng. = Mandevilla glandulosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
9. Prestonia woodsoniana (Monach.) A.H.Gentry = Echites woodsonianus Monach.

References

1. "Prestonia information from NPGS/GRIN". www.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
2. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
3. 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.
4. 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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