Microcoelia exilis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Microcoelia exilis']

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery nor in wikidata 'Microcoelia exilis'

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Angraecinae • Genus: Microcoelia • Species: Microcoelia exilis Lindl. (1830)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Gussonea exilis (Lindl.) Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 493 (1885) Epidorkis exilis (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 660 (1891) Mystacidium exile (Lindl.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 52 (1894) Heterotypic synonyms Angraecum chiloschistae Rchb.f., Linnaea 20: 678 (1847) Rhaphidorhynchus chiloschistae (Rchb.f.) Finet, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 9: 35 (1907) Gussonea chiloschistae (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 91 (1918)

Type species

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  Microcoelia exilis
  habitus
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  Microcoelia exilis
  flowers

Botanical illustrations

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  Microcoelia exilis
  (as syn.
  Angraecum chiloschistae)
  plate 6 in:
  Harry Bolus:
  Orchids of South Africa
  volume I
  (1896)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre, Northeast Tropical Africa Somalia (doubtful). East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda . South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal. Western Indian Ocean Madagascar.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Microcoelia exilis.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Microcoelia exilis