Biology:Coelia

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Short description: Genus of orchids

Coelia
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Coelia macrostachya
Scientific classification e
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.

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]

Species

It contains 5 species, native to Mexico, Central America and the West Indies.[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Coelia bella (Lem.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6 218 (1861). (50861337391).jpg 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 Orchi 2012-09-21 016.jpg Coelia macrostachya Lindl. in G.Bentham Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz
Coelia triptera - Flickr 003.jpg Coelia triptera (Sm.) G.Don ex Steud. Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Guatemala, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 00244074. 
  4. A. Pridgeon "Sutribe Coeliinae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one) p. 177. Oxford University Press, 2005

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3292007 entry