Microcoelia exilis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Microcoelia
- Species
- Microcoelia exilis
- Scientific Name
- Microcoelia exilis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Microcoelia exilis
Microcoelia exilis, commonly known as the pinhead orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is a leafless epiphyte, a perennial herb that grows in a tangled cluster of roots and stems on the branch of a tree. This orchid is native to tropical central and eastern Africa and was first described in 1830 by the English botanist John Lindley.
...Microcoelia exilis in languages:
- English
- Rope Orchid
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Microcoelia aphylla
- Microcoelia bispiculata
- Microcoelia bulbocalcarata
- Microcoelia caespitosa
- Microcoelia cornuta
- Microcoelia exilis
- Microcoelia gilpiniae
- Microcoelia globulosa
- Microcoelia hirschbergii
- Microcoelia macrantha
- Microcoelia moreauae
- Microcoelia obovata
- Microcoelia perrieri
- Microcoelia physophora
- Microcoelia stolzii

























































































