Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook.

Barberena, Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin, Silva, Roberto da & Lopes, Rosana Conrado, 2022, Copacabana is more than a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the orchid flora of Parque Estadual da Chacrinha, Caldasia 44 (1), pp. 30-40 : 38

14. Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook. ,

Exot. Fl. 2: t. 115. 1824. Fig. 2k

Rupicolous herb. Leaves 4, petiolate, rarely sessile, distributed along the caulome; blade green, immaculate, membranaceous, flat, convolute, lanceolate or elliptic, obscurely parallel-veined, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescence in raceme, terminal, multiflowered, lax, glabrous. Flowers non-resupinate, ecalcarate, not overlapping; sepals and petals green, immaculate; lip green, entire.

Distribution: Restricted to Brazil, where it occurs in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado domains (Meneguzzo c2020b).

Specimens examined: 22º57’40’’ S, 43º10’51’’ W, 14 Dec 2017 (fl), R. Silva s.n. ( RFA 43322 ); 22º57’38’’ S, 43º10’57’’ W, 13 Jul 2018 (fl), R. Silva s.n. ( RFA 43316 ) .

Figures

Figure 2. Parque Estadual da Chacrinha (PE Chacrinha) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: landscapes and species. a. Park entrance, b. Fragment of lowland dense ombrophilous forest, c. Rocky outcrop, d. Brassavola tuberculata Hook., e. Cyrtopodium flavum Link & Otto ex Rchb.f., f. Eltroplectris triloba (Lindl.) Pabst, g. Epidendrum secundum Jacq., h. Habenaria leptoceras Hook., i. Maxillaria subulata Lindl., j. Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl., k. Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook., l. Trichocentrum pumilum (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams. Photos by Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin Barberena (a-c, f, g-j, and l) and Roberto da Silva (d-e, and k).