Coelia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Coeliinae
Genus: Coelia
Overview of species (5)

C. bella – C. densiflora – C. guatemalensis – C. macrostachya – C. triptera
Name

Coelia Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 36 (1830)

Type species: Coelia triptera (Sm.) G.Don ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 394 (1840)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Bothriochilus Lem., Jard. Fleur. 3: t. 325 (1853)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama.
Caribbean
Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.

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

Lindley, J. (1830) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 36.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 178 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Coelia. Accessed: 2021 May 16.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Coelia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 16. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Coelia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Coelia. 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 May 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Coelia. Published online. Accessed: 16 May 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Coelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 May 2021.

Vernacular names

коми: Коелия
lietuvių: Duoba
мокшень: Коелие
кырык мары: Коели
удмурт: Коелия

Coelia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae, tribe Epidendreae,[2] subtribe Calypsoinae).[3] It had previously been tentatively classified as the only genus of the subtribe Coeliinae of the tribe Epidendreae.[4]
Species

It contains 5 species, native to Mexico, Central America and the West Indies.[1]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
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	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

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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
Chase, Mark W.; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Freudenstein, John V.; Pridgeon, Alec M.; Salazar, Gerardo; van den Berg, Cássio; Schuiteman, André (2015). "An updated classification of Orchidaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1111/boj.12234. ISSN 0024-4074.
A. Pridgeon "Sutribe Coeliinae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one) p. 177. Oxford University Press, 2005