> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 395](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189866) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7948-1) LSID 7948-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17996423) QID Q17996423 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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).