Prestoea Hook.f.
First published in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 899 (1883), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical America.
Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acrista O.F.Cook in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 555 (1901)
- Euterpe Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 24 (1788)
- Martinezia Ruiz & Pav. in Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 148 (1794)
- Oreodoxa Willd. in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Hist. (Berlin) 1804: 34 (1807)
Accepted Species
- Prestoea acuminata (Willd.) H.E.Moore
- Prestoea carderi (W.Bull) Hook.f.
- Prestoea decurrens H.E.Moore
- Prestoea ensiformis (Ruiz & Pav.) H.E.Moore
- Prestoea longepetiolata (Oerst.) H.E.Moore
- Prestoea pubens H.E.Moore
- Prestoea pubigera (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) Hook.f.
- Prestoea schultzeana (Burret) H.E.Moore
- Prestoea simplicifolia Galeano
- Prestoea tenuiramosa (Dammer) H.E.Moore
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
- Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Palmweb - Palms of the World Online
- J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Palmweb - Palms of the World Online
- Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
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