Coelia
{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Flore des Serres v9 113a.jpg
| image_caption = Coelia macrostachya
| display_parents = 3
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| taxon = Coelia
| authority = Lindl.
| synonyms = Bothriochilus Lem.
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Coelia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae, tribe Epidendreae,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 subtribe Calypsoinae). It had previously been tentatively classified as the only genus of the subtribe Coeliinae of the tribe Epidendreae.A. Pridgeon "Sutribe Coeliinae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one) p. 177. Oxford University Press, 2005
Species
It contains 5 species, native to Mexico, Central America and the West Indies.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=44844 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| 120px | 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 | |
| 120px | Coelia macrostachya Lindl. in G.Bentham | Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz |
| 120px | Coelia triptera (Sm.) G.Don ex Steud. | Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Guatemala, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico |
References
External links
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- {{Wikispecies-inline|Coelia|Coelia}}
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