| Coelia | |
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| Coelia macrostachya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Calypsoinae |
| Genus: | Coelia Lindl. |
| Synonyms1 | |
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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 |
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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 | |
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Coelia macrostachya Lindl. in G.Bentham | Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz |
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Coelia triptera (Sm.) G.Don ex Steud. | Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Guatemala, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico |
References
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- 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
- 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.
- A. Pridgeon "Sutribe Coeliinae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one) p. 177. Oxford University Press, 2005