# Prestonia (plant)

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. It is closely related to Artia and Parsonsia.

## Species

* Prestonia acrensis - Acre in Brazil
* Prestonia amabilis - Pastaza in Ecuador
* Prestonia amazonica - N Brazil
* Prestonia annularis - Trinidad, N South America
* Prestonia bahiensis - E Brazil
* Prestonia boliviana - Chuquisaca
* Prestonia brittonii - Trinidad, Venezuela
* Prestonia calycina - S Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina
* Prestonia cayennensis - N South America
* Prestonia cephalantha - Bolivia
* Prestonia clandestina - S Mexico
* Prestonia coalita - much of South America
* Prestonia cogolloi - Antioquia in Colombia
* Prestonia cordifolia - Peru
* Prestonia cornutisepala - Bolivia
* Prestonia cyaniphylla - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
* Prestonia denticulata - Pará, Rio de Janeiro
* Prestonia didyma - E Brazil
* Prestonia discolor - Guyana
* Prestonia dusenii - S Brazil
* Prestonia erecta - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
* Prestonia exserta - Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama
* Prestonia falcatosepala - Colombia, Ecuador
* Prestonia folsomii - Colombia, Panama
* Prestonia guianensis - Venezuela, Guyana
* Prestonia hammelii - Costa Rica
* Prestonia haughtii - Colombia
* Prestonia ipomaeifolia - Panama, NW South America, Fr Guiana
* Prestonia lacerata - Peru
* Prestonia lagoensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
* Prestonia leco - La Paz in Bolivia
* Prestonia lenticellata - Panama
* Prestonia lindleyana - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
* Prestonia longifolia - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
* Prestonia megagros - Venezuela, Brazil
* Prestonia mexicana - C + S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
* Prestonia mollis - Panama, NW South America
* Prestonia morilloi - Venezuela, Colombia, Panama
* Prestonia papillosa - Colombia
* Prestonia parviflora - Venezuela, Colombia
* Prestonia parvifolia - Ecuador
* Prestonia peregrina - Ecuador
* Prestonia phenax - Peru, Bolivia
* Prestonia plumeriifolia - Peru, NW Brazil
* Prestonia portobellensis - S Mexico to Ecuador
* Prestonia premontana - Venezuela
* Prestonia quinquangularis - South + Central America, West Indies
* Prestonia racemosa - Peru
* Prestonia riedelii - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, N Argentina
* Prestonia riverae - Costa Rica
* Prestonia robusta - Peru, Bolivia
* Prestonia rotundifolia - Colombia, Ecuador
* Prestonia schumanniana - Ecuador
* Prestonia seemannii - N Colombia, Panama
* Prestonia solanifolia - SE Brazil
* Prestonia speciosa - Chiapas to Nicaragua
* Prestonia succo - Peru
* Prestonia surinamensis - Colombia, N Brazil, 3 Guianas
* Prestonia tomentosa - tropical South America
* Prestonia trifida - Costa Rica to Brazil
* Prestonia tysonii - Panama
* Prestonia vana - Peru
* Prestonia vaupesana - Venezuela, Colombia

## Formerly included

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