Microcoelia

Microcoelia exilis
Typus of Microcoelia

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
Sectiones: M. sect. Brachyglossa – M. sect. Encheiridion – M. sect. Microcoelia – M. sect. Stictorrhiza

Overview of species (37)

M. africana – M. aphylla – M. aurantiaca – M. bispiculata – M. bulbocalcarata – M. caespitosa – M. corallina – M. cornuta – M. decaryana – M. deflexicalcarata – M. dolichorhiza – M. elliotii – M. exilis – M. gabonensis – M. gilpiniae – M. globulosa – M. grahamii – M. hirschbergii – M. jonssonii – M. koehleri – M. konduensis – M. leptostele – M. longipes – M. macrantha – M. macrorrhynchia – M. megalorrhiza – M. microglossa – M. moreauae – M. nguemae – 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.

Additional references

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
Farminhão, J.N.M., Biteau, J.P., Yakhouba, D., Savignac, M., Simo-Droissart, M., Droissart, V., Sonké, B. & Stévart, T. 2023. A single origin of leaflessness in Afro-Malagasy angraecoids (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae). Taxon 72(3): 486–500. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12932 . ResearchGate . Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Microcoelia. Accessed: 2025 Apr 25.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Microcoelia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 25. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 25. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Microcoelia. Accessed: 25 Apr 2025.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Microcoelia. Published online. Accessed: 25 Apr 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Microcoelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Apr 2025.

Vernacular names

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