Prescottia mucugensis C.O.Azevedo & Van den Berg 2010
Drawing by © C Dodson and The Epidendra Website
TYPE Drawing by © Carla Exira de Lima and Kew Bull. 65: 1. Azevedo & Van den Berg 2010
Common Name The Mucugê Prescottia [A municipality of Bahia state of Brazil]
Flower Size .08" [2 mm]
Found in Bahia state of Brazil among rocks and velloziaceae at elevations of 1000 to 1400 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial without leaves when blooming which occurs in the spring on a terminal, erect, 6.8 to 8.8" [17 to 22 cm] long, rachis 1.2 to 2.2" [3 to 5.5 cm] long, angular, 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence with 3 to 5, acute peduncle bracts and greenish to purplish-brown, ovate, acuminate, slightly longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying non-resupinate flowers.
"Prescottia mucugensis can be distinguished from both Prescottia leptostachya and Prescottia phleoides by the shape of its inflorescence, slightly longer tha the ovary floral bracts and flowers. P. phleoides has a multiflorous and congested inflorescence, with the rachis 1 to 2.8" [2.5 to 7 cm] long, while in P. leptostachya and P. mucugensis the inflorescences are sparsely flowered. In P. leptostachya the inflorescence is really laxly flowered and the rachis is 3.2 to 10" [8 to 25 cm] long. P. mucugensis can be distinguished from both these species by its angular rachis shape, while in the other two it is cylindrical. Prescottia phleoides differs by possessing long floral bracts, longer than the ovary and flower combined, whereas in P. mucugensis the bracts are about the same length as the ovary and flower together. P. leptostachya bears shorter flower bracts, about the same length as the ovary. In addition to these differences, the lateral sepals are reflexed (with the distal part adpressed to the ovary) in Prescottia leptostachya, whereas in P. mucugensis and P. phleoides the lateral sepals are adpressed to the lip. P. mucugensis has small flowers with the lip from .048 to .06" [1.2 to 1.5 mm] long, while P. leptostachya and P. phleoides present bigger flowers with the lip between .1 to .14" [2.5 to 3.5 mm] long, and .1 to .16" [2.5 to 4 mm] long, respectively. P. leptostachya and P. phleoides have pale green sepals and petals with a green lip. P. mucugensis on the other hand has greenish to purplish brown sepals and petals and a whitish to yellowish lip." Azevedo & Van den Berg 2010
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Kew Bull. 65: 1. Azevedo & Van den Berg 2010 drawing fide
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