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. *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.…

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