Coelia

Coelia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae, tribe Epidendreae,[2] subtribe Calypsoinae).[3] It had previously been tentatively classified as the only genus of the subtribe Coeliinae of the tribe Epidendreae.[4] It contains 5 species, native to Mexico, Central America and the West Indies.[1]

  • Coelia bella (Lem.) Rchb. f. - Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica
  • Coelia densiflora Rolfe - Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
  • Coelia guatemalensis Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
  • Coelia macrostachya Lindl. in G.Bentham - Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz
  • Coelia triptera (Sm.) G.Don ex Steud. - Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Guatemala, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
For other uses, see Coelia (disambiguation).

Coelia
Coelia macrostachya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Calypsoinae
Genus: Coelia
Lindl.
Synonyms[1]

Bothriochilus Lem.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. C. Van den Berg "Artificial key to the subtribes of Epidendreae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one) p. 164. Oxford University Press, 2005
  3. Chase, Mark W.; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Freudenstein, John V.; Pridgeon, Alec M.; Salazar, Gerardo; van den Berg, Cássio; Schuiteman, André (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1111/boj.12234. ISSN 0024-4074.
  4. A. Pridgeon "Sutribe Coeliinae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one) p. 177. Oxford University Press, 2005
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