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### Author
Prestoe, Henry (1842-1923), British gardener; trained at Kew; Government botanist and superintendent Botanic Gardens, Trinidad 1864-1886.
**Abbreviated name**: *Prestoe* \[standard form in IPNI: *Prestoe*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection TRIN|TRIN]]; further material at [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection US|US]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 108; BB p. 248, 341; CSP 11: 63; Desmond p. 503 (b. 6 Jan 1842, d. 24 Sep 1923); Jackson p. 45; Kew 4: 362; Morren ed. 2, p. 34, ed. 10, p. 135; Rehder 5: 688; Tucker 1: 436, 568-569; Urban-Berl. p. 385.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew, add. ser. 1: 56.
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 255.53. 1980.
- Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 175. 1938 (dir. bot. gard. Trinidad).
- Hart, J.H., Ann. Rep. Bot. Gard. Trinidad 1887: 7 (app. Trinidad).
- Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 53 (pl. K).
- Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 131. 1898, 3: 106. 1902.
#### Eponymy
*Prestoea* J.D. Hooker (1883, *nom. cons.*) very likely honors Prestoe but no etymology is given.
### Publications
##### n.8313. Catalogue of plants cultivated in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Trinidad
**Title**
*Catalogue of plants cultivated in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Trinidad*, from 1865-1870. Port-of-Spain ("Chronicle" Printing Office) 1870.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1870 (preface: 1 Mai 1870), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-105, \[i\]-xv. *Copies*: DBN(2) (Inf. E.C. Nelson), HH.– Main text published in Proc. Sci. Ass. Trinidad 6: \[251\]-355. Jun 1869 (*copy*: NY).