''Microcoelia'' is a genus of

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native to

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as well as to

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and other islands of the

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Microcoelia aphylla ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. #''Microcoelia aphylla'' (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Maur ...

'' (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 ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% o ...

'' (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 ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. #''Microcoelia aphylla'' (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Maur ...

'' (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 ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. #''Microcoelia aphylla'' (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Maur ...

'' (Schltr.) Summerh. - from Nigeria to Tanzania, south to Zimbabwe #''

Microcoelia konduensis ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% o ...

'' (De Wild.) Summerh - western and central Africa #''

Microcoelia leptostele ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% o ...

'' (Summerh.) L.Jonss. - Central African Republic, Zaïre #''

Microcoelia macrantha ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. #''Microcoelia aphylla'' (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Maur ...

'' (H.Perrier) Summerh. - Madagascar #''

Microcoelia macrorhynchia ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. #''Microcoelia aphylla'' (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Maur ...

'' (Schltr.) Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel - central Africa #''

Microcoelia megalorrhiza ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. #''Microcoelia aphylla'' (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Maur ...

'' (Rchb.f.) Summerh. - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi #''

Microcoelia microglossa ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. #''Microcoelia aphylla'' (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Maur ...

'' Summerh. - central Africa #''

Microcoelia moreauae ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. #''Microcoelia aphylla'' (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Maur ...

'' L.Jonss - Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe #''

Microcoelia nyungwensis ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. #''Microcoelia aphylla'' (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Maur ...

'' L.Jonss. - Rwanda #''

Microcoelia obovata ''Microcoelia'' is a genus of orchids native to sub-Saharan Africa as well as to Madagascar and other islands of the Indian Ocean. #''Microcoelia aphylla'' (Thouars) Summerh. - from Kenya and Uganda south to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Madagascar, Maur ...

'' 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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2707461 Vandeae genera Angraecinae Epiphytic orchids