Microcoelia Explained
Microcoelia is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean.[1] [2] [3]
- Microcoelia aphylla (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion
- Microcoelia aurantiaca (Schltr.) Summerh. - Madagascar
- Microcoelia bispiculata L.Jonss. - Madagascar
- Microcoelia bulbocalcarata L.Jonss. - Príncipe, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Rwanda
- Microcoelia caespitosa (Rolfe) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - western and central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre and Uganda
- Microcoelia corallina Summerh. - Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi
- Microcoelia cornuta (Ridl.) Carlsward - Madagascar, Comoros
- Microcoelia decaryana L.Jonss. - Madagascar
- Microcoelia dolichorhiza (Schltr.) Summerh. - Madagascar
- Microcoelia elliotii (Finet) Summerh. - Madagascar
- Microcoelia exilis Lindl. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar
- Microcoelia gilpinae (Rchb.f. & S.Moore) Summerh. - Madagascar
- Microcoelia globulosa (Hochst.) L.Jonss. - from Nigeria east to Eritrea, south to Angola and Zimbabwe
- Microcoelia hirschbergii Summerh. - Zaïre, Zambia
- Microcoelia jonssonii Szlach. & Olszewski - Central African Republic
- Microcoelia koehleri (Schltr.) Summerh. - from Nigeria to Tanzania, south to Zimbabwe
- Microcoelia konduensis (De Wild.) Summerh - western and central Africa
- Microcoelia leptostele (Summerh.) L.Jonss. - Central African Republic, Zaïre
- Microcoelia macrantha (H.Perrier) Summerh. - Madagascar
- Microcoelia macrorhynchia (Schltr.) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - central Africa
- Microcoelia megalorrhiza (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
- Microcoelia microglossa Summerh. - central Africa
- Microcoelia moreauae L.Jonss - Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
- Microcoelia nyungwensis L.Jonss. - Rwanda
- Microcoelia obovata Summerh. - from Kenya south to KwaZulu-Natal
- Microcoelia ornithocephala P.J.Cribb - Malawi
- Microcoelia perrieri (Finet) Summerh. - Madagascar
- Microcoelia physophora (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar
- Microcoelia sanfordii L.Jonss - Cameroon
- Microcoelia smithii (Rolfe) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
- Microcoelia stolzii (Schltr.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Notes and References
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=126979 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/393322#page/75/mode/1up Lindley, John. 1830. Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 60-61.