Coelia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae, tribe Epidendreae,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 subtribe Calypsoinae). It had previously been tentatively classified as the only genus of the subtribe Coeliinae of the tribe Epidendreae.A. Pridgeon "Sutribe Coeliinae" in Pridgeon, Crib, Chase & Rasmussen, Eds.Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one) p. 177. Oxford University Press, 2005
Species It contains 5 species, native to Mexico, Central America and the West Indies.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Image Scientific name Distribution Coelia bella (Lem.) Rchb. f.Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica Coelia densiflora RolfeChiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador Coelia guatemalensis Rchb.f. in W.G.WalpersChiapas, 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
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