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]

Coelia
Coelia macrostachya
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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.

Species

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

Image Scientific name Distribution
  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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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