Microcoelia

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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

Microcoelia
Microcoelia aphylla (Thouars) Summerh. cultivated in the Botanical Garden of the University of Regensburg
Microcoelia exilis Lindl., 1830 (syn. Angraecum chiloschistae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Angraecinae
Genus:	Microcoelia Lindl.
Type species
Microcoelia exilis Lindl.
Synonyms[1]
Microcaelia Hochst. ex A.Rich. Dicranotaenia Finet Rhaphidorhynchus Finet Encheiridion Summerh. Solenangis Schultr.