Microcoelia

Microcoelia exilis (Typus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Vandeae
Subtribus: Angraecinae
Genus: Microcoelia

Overview of species (31)

M. aphylla – M. aurantiaca – M. bispiculata – M. bulbocalcarata – M. caespitosa – M. corallina – M. cornuta – M. decaryana – M. dolichorhiza – M. elliotii – M. exilis – M. gilpinae – M. globulosa – M. hirschbergii – M. jonssonii – M. koehleri – M. konduensis – M. leptostele – M. macrantha – M. macrorhynchia – M. megalorrhiza – M. microglossa – M. moreauae – M. nyungwensis – M. obovata – M. ornithocephala – M. perrieri – M. physophora – M. sanfordii – M. smithii – M. stolzii

Name

Microcoelia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 60 (1830)

Type species: Microcoelia exilis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 61 (1830)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
- Microcaelia Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 285 (1850)
- Dicranotaenia Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54(9): 47 (1907)
- Rhaphidorhynchus Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54(9): 32 (1907)
- Encheiridion Summerh., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 11: 161 (1943)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, Togo.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia (doubtful), Sudan.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal.
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lindley, J. 1830. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 60.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2014. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 6: Epidendroideae (Part three); page 407 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19964-651-7

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Microcoelia. Accessed: 2021 Dec 25.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Microcoelia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 25. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Microcoelia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 25. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Microcoelia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Microcoelia. Published online. Accessed: 25 Dec 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Microcoelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Dec 2021.

Vernacular names

中文: 球距兰属

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