Coelia Explained

Coelia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae, tribe Epidendreae,^[1] subtribe Calypsoinae). It had previously been tentatively classified as the only genus of the subtribe Coeliinae of the tribe Epidendreae.^[2]

Species

It contains 5 species, native to Mexico, Central America and the West Indies.^[3]

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

Notes and References

1. 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
2. A. Pridgeon "Sutribe Coeliinae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one) p. 177. Oxford University Press, 2005
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=44844 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families