Abstract
When Hooker first published this generic name and description by Lindley in 1824, it was spelled Prescotia and said to be named after John Prescot. Later (in Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1916. 1836 & Gen. Sp. Orchid. PL: 453. 1840), Lindley changed it to Prescottia, with the knowledge that John Prescott (Lindley, I.e., 1836) spelled his name accordingly. Since then, some authors have used the origi nal spelling, e.g., Steudel (Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 393. 1841), V?th (in Orchidee (Hamburg) 27: 148-153. 1976), Farr & al. (in Regnum Veg. 102: 1409. 1979), and Ackerman (in Lindleyana 4(1): 42^17. 1989), while others have adopted the corrected spelling, e.g., Cogniaux (in Marthas, Fl. Bras. 3(4): 256.1895), Hoehne (Fl. Bras. 12(2): 95. 1945), Pabst & Dungs (Orchidaceae Brasil. 1: 123. 1975), Bmmmitt (Vase. PL Fam. Gen.: 349. 1992), Dressler (Phylog. Classif. Orch. Fam.: 120,268. 1993), Greuter & al. (in Regnum Veg. 129: 919. 1993), and Ackerman (in Mem. New York Bot Gard. 73: 142. 1995 & in Pridgeon & al. Gen. Orchid. 3: 47. 2003). Current usage, as reflected in the results (729 hits to 127) of a Google search, favors the spelling Prescottia. The genus includes 24 species extend ing from Florida (U.S.A.) through the West Indies to north eastern Argentina with the greatest diversity in Brazil. To avoid any further disagreement over the spelling of the generic name, it seems desirable to conserve it as proposed above.
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