Microcoelia

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Microcoelia is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean.[1][2][3]

  • Microcoelia aphylla (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion
  • Microcoelia aurantiaca (Schltr.) Summerh. - Madagascar
  • Microcoelia bispiculata L.Jonss. - Madagascar
  • Microcoelia bulbocalcarata L.Jonss. - Príncipe, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Rwanda
  • Microcoelia caespitosa (Rolfe) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - western and central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre and Uganda
  • Microcoelia corallina Summerh. - Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi
  • Microcoelia cornuta (Ridl.) Carlsward - Madagascar, Comoros
  • Microcoelia decaryana L.Jonss. - Madagascar
  • Microcoelia dolichorhiza (Schltr.) Summerh. - Madagascar
  • Microcoelia elliotii (Finet) Summerh. - Madagascar
  • Microcoelia exilis Lindl. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar
  • Microcoelia gilpinae (Rchb.f. & S.Moore) Summerh. - Madagascar
  • Microcoelia globulosa (Hochst.) L.Jonss. - from Nigeria east to Eritrea, south to Angola and Zimbabwe
  • Microcoelia hirschbergii Summerh. - Zaïre, Zambia
  • Microcoelia jonssonii Szlach. & Olszewski - Central African Republic
  • Microcoelia koehleri (Schltr.) Summerh. - from Nigeria to Tanzania, south to Zimbabwe
  • Microcoelia konduensis (De Wild.) Summerh - western and central Africa
  • Microcoelia leptostele (Summerh.) L.Jonss. - Central African Republic, Zaïre
  • Microcoelia macrantha (H.Perrier) Summerh. - Madagascar
  • Microcoelia macrorhynchia (Schltr.) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - central Africa
  • Microcoelia megalorrhiza (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
  • Microcoelia microglossa Summerh. - central Africa
  • Microcoelia moreauae L.Jonss - Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
  • Microcoelia nyungwensis L.Jonss. - Rwanda
  • Microcoelia obovata Summerh. - from Kenya south to KwaZulu-Natal
  • Microcoelia ornithocephala P.J.Cribb - Malawi
  • Microcoelia perrieri (Finet) Summerh. - Madagascar
  • Microcoelia physophora (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar
  • Microcoelia sanfordii L.Jonss - Cameroon
  • Microcoelia smithii (Rolfe) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
  • Microcoelia stolzii (Schltr.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Quick facts Scientific classification, Type species ...
Microcoelia
Microcoelia aphylla (Thouars) Summerh. cultivated in the Botanical Garden of the University of Regensburg
Microcoelia exilis Lindl., 1830 (syn. Angraecum chiloschistae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Genus: Microcoelia
Lindl.
Type species
Microcoelia exilis
Synonyms[1]
  • Microcaelia Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Dicranotaenia Finet
  • Rhaphidorhynchus Finet
  • Encheiridion Summerh.
  • Solenangis Schultr.
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