''Columnea'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of around 200
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
epiphytic
An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...
herbs and shrubs in the family
Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae, the gesneriad family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 152 genera and ca. 3,540 species in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World (almost all Didymocarpoideae) and the New World (most Gesnerioideae), wi ...
, native to the tropics of the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
and the
Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – usually red, yellow, or orange – sometimes resembling a fish in shape. A common name is flying goldfish plants (see also the related ''
Nematanthus
''Nematanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. All of its species are endemic to Brazil. Compared to other gesneriads, ''Nematanthus'' has leaves that are small, succulent, and hard-surfaced. The plant has a trailing ...
'') due to the unusual flower shape.
The genus was named by
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalise ...
after the
Latinized spelling of the name of the 16th-century Italian botanist
Fabio Colonna (Latin: ''Fabius Columnus'').
The
segregate genus ''
Bucinellina'' is considered by many botanists a
synonym of ''Columnea''. A full list of the species now accepted in the genus, along with their synonyms, can be found at the World Checklist of Gesneriaceae.
Cultivation
''Columnea'' species grow as epiphytic plants in the wild and require bright light, good air circulation, and a well-drained growing medium that is allowed to dry out slightly between waterings. They are very tolerant of underpotting and seem to bloom best when potbound. Most are tropical plants and are easy to grow under indoor or greenhouse conditions but some species come from high altitudes and require cooler temperatures to grow well or bloom. Many of the species are seasonal bloomers, but
hybrid
Hybrid may refer to:
Science
* Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two dif ...
s and
cultivar
A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture ...
s can be more or less continuously blooming.
The hybrid ''Columnea'' × ''banksii'' has gained the
Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.
The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nor ...
's
Award of Garden Merit.
Species
![Columnea orientandina -2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Columnea_orientandina_-2.jpg)
The species classified under ''Columnea'' include the following:
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Columnea albiflora
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea aliena
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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(C.V. Morton) C.V. Morton
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Columnea allenii
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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C.V. Morton
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Columnea ambigua
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – ...
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(Urb.) B.D. Morley
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Columnea ampliata
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – ...
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(Wiehler) L.E. Skog
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Columnea angustata
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – ...
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(Wiehler) L.E. Skog
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Columnea anisophylla''
DC.
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Columnea antiocana
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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(Wiehler) J.F. Sm.
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Columnea argentea''
Griseb.
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Columnea arguta''
C.V. Morton
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Columnea asteroloma''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog
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Columnea atahualpae
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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J.F. Sm. & L.E. Skog
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Columnea aurantia''
Wiehler
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Columnea aurea''
Warsz., nom. nud.
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Columnea bilabiata
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – us ...
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Seem.
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Columnea billbergiana''
Beurl.
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Columnea bivalvis''
J.L. Clark & M. Amaya
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Columnea brenneri
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – us ...
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(Wiehler) B.D. Morley
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Columnea brevipila''
Urb.
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Columnea byrsina''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea calotricha''
Donn. Sm.
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Columnea capillosa''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea cerropirrana''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog
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Columnea chiricana
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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Wiehler
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Columnea chrysotricha''
L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
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Columnea ciliata''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea citriflora
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – us ...
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L.E. Skog
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Columnea cobana''
Donn. Sm.
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Columnea colombiana''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea consanguinea
''Columnea consanguinea'' is a species of flowering plants in the genus ''Columnea''. They are endemic to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. They are distinctive for possessing red translucent heart-shaped markings on their l ...
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Hanst.
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Columnea coronata''
M. Amaya, L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
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Columnea coronocrypta''
M. Amaya, L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
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Columnea crassa''
C.V. Morton
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Columnea crassicaulis''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea crassifolia
''Columnea crassifolia'' is a species of Gesneriaceae that is native to Honduras and Mexico.
References
External links
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Columnea, crassifolia
Plants described in 1844
Flora of Mexico
Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
{{G ...
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Brongn. ex Lem.
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Columnea cruenta''
B.D. Morley
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Columnea cuspidata''
L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
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Columnea dictyophylla''
Donn. Sm.
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Columnea dielsii''
Mansf.
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Columnea dimidiata''
(Benth.) Kuntze
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Columnea dissimilis''
C.V. Morton
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Columnea domingensis''
(Urb.) B.D. Morley
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Columnea dressleri''
Wiehler
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Columnea eburnea''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea elongatifolia''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea ericae
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – us ...
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Mansf.
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Columnea erythrophaea''
Decne. ex Houll.
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Columnea erythrophylla''
Hanst.
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Columnea eubracteata
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – us ...
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Mansf.
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Columnea fawcettii''
(Urb.) C.V. Morton
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Columnea fernandezii''
M. Amaya
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Columnea filamentosa''
L.E. Skog
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Columnea filifera''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
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Columnea filipes''
Oliver
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Columnea fimbricalyx''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea flaccida''
Seem.
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Columnea flava''
Martens & Galeotti
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Columnea flexiflora''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea florida
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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C.V. Morton
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Columnea formosa
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – us ...
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(C.V. Morton) C.V. Morton
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Columnea fritschii''
(Rusby) J.F. Sm.
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Columnea fuscihirta''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea gallicauda''
Wiehler
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Columnea gigantifolia''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea glabra''
Oerst.
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Columnea glicensteinii
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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Wiehler
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Columnea gloriosa''
Sprague
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Columnea grandifolia''
Rusby
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Columnea grisebachiana
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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Kuntze
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Columnea guatemalensis''
Sprague
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Columnea guianensis''
C.V. Morton
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Columnea guttata''
Poepp. in Poepp. & Endl.
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Columnea harrisii''
(Urb.) Britton ex C.V. Morton
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Columnea herthae''
Mansf.
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Columnea hiantiflora
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – us ...
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Wiehler
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Columnea hirsuta''
Swartz, non Auct.
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Columnea hirsutissima''
C.V. Morton
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Columnea hirta''
Klotzsch & Hanst.
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Columnea hispida''
Swartz
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Columnea hypocyrtantha
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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(Wiehler) J.F. Sm. & L.E. Skog
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Columnea illepida''
H.E. Moore
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Columnea inaequilatera''
Poepp. in Poepp. & Endl.
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Columnea incarnata''
C.V. Morton
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Columnea incredibilis''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea isernii
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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Cuatrec.
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Columnea kalbreyeriana''
Masters
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Columnea katzensteiniae''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
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Columnea kienastiana
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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Regel
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Columnea kucyniakii''
Raymond
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Columnea labellosa''
H. Karst.
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Columnea laevis''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea lanata''
(Seem.) Kuntze
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Columnea lariensis''
Kriebel
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Columnea lehmannii''
Mansf.
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Columnea lepidocaula''
Hanst.
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Columnea linearis''
Oerst.
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Columnea longinervosa''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea lophophora''
Mansf.
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Columnea lucifer''
J.L. Clark
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Columnea maculata
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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C.V. Morton
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Columnea magnifica''
Klotzsch ex Oerst.
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Columnea manabiana''
(Wiehler) J.F. Sm. & L.E. Skog
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Columnea mastersonii''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
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Columnea matudae''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea medicinalis''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
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Columnea mentiens''
B.D. Morley
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Columnea microcalyx''
Hanst.
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Columnea microphylla''
Klotzsch & Hanst. ex Oerst.
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Columnea minor''
(Hook.) Hanst.
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Columnea minutiflora''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea mira''
B.D. Morley
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Columnea moesta''
Poepp. in Poepp. & Endl.
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Columnea moorei''
C.V. Morton
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Columnea nariniana''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea nematoloba''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea nervosa
''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – u ...
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(Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst.
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Columnea nicaraguensis''
Oerst.
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Columnea oblongifolia''
Rusby
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Columnea ochroleuca''
(Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst.
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Columnea oerstediana''
Klotzsch ex Oerst.
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Columnea orientandina''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
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Columnea ornata''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
*''Columnea ovatifolia''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea oxyphylla''
Hanst.
*''Columnea pallida''
Rusby
*''Columnea panamensis''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea paramicola''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea parviflora''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea pectinata''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea pedunculata''
M. Amaya, L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
*''Columnea pendula''
(Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst.
*''Columnea perpulchra''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea peruviana''
Zahlbr.
*''Columnea picta''
H. Karst.
*''Columnea polyantha''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog
*''Columnea poortmannii''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea praetexta''
Hanst.
*''Columnea proctorii''
Stearn
*''Columnea pubescens''
(Griseb.) Kuntze
*''Columnea pulcherrima''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea pulchra''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog
*''Columnea purpurata''
Hanst.
*''Columnea purpureovittata''
(Wiehler) B.D. Morley
*''Columnea purpurimarginata''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea purpusii''
Standl.
*''Columnea pygmaea''
J.L. Clark & J.F. Sm.
*''Columnea querceti''
Oerst.
*''Columnea queremalensis''
M. Amaya, L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
*''Columnea raymondii''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea repens''
(Hook.) Hanst.
*''Columnea reticulata''
M. Amaya, L.E. Skog, C.E. González, & J.F. Sm.
*''Columnea rileyi''
(Wiehler) J.F. Sm.
*''Columnea ringens''
Regel
*''Columnea robusta''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog
*''Columnea rosea''
(C.V. Morton) C.V. Morton
*''Columnea rubida''
(C.V. Morton) C.V. Morton
*''Columnea rubra''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea rubriacuta''
(Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea rubribracteata''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea rubricalyx''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea rubricaulis''
Standl.
*''Columnea rubrocincta''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea rutilans''
Swartz
*''Columnea sanguinea''
(Pers.) Hanst.
*''Columnea sanguinolenta''
(Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst.
*''Columnea scandens''
L.
*''Columnea schiedeana''
Schlechtend.
*''Columnea schimpffii''
Mansf.
*''Columnea segregata''
B.D. Morley
*''Columnea sericeo-villosa''
Suess.
*''Columnea serrata''
(Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst.
*''Columnea silvarum''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea skogii''
Amaya M.
*''Columnea spathulata''
Mansf.
*''Columnea strigosa''
Benth.
*''Columnea subcordata''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea suffruticosa''
J.F. Sm. & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea sulcata''
L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
*''Columnea sulfurea''
Donn. Sm.
*''Columnea tandapiana''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
*''Columnea tenella''
L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea tenensis''
(Wiehler) B.D. Morley
*''Columnea tenuis''
Klotzsch ex Oerst.
*''Columnea tessmannii''
Mansf.
*''Columnea tincta''
Griseb.
*''Columnea tomentulosa''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea trollii''
Mansf.
*''Columnea tutunendana''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog
*''Columnea ulei''
Mansf.
*''Columnea ultraviolacea''
J.F. Sm. & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea urbanii''
W.T. Stearn
*''Columnea verecunda''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea villosissima''
Mansf.
*''Columnea vinacea''
C.V. Morton
*''Columnea vittata''
(Wiehler) L.E. Skog
*''Columnea xiphoidea''
J.F. Sm. & L.E. Skog
*''Columnea zebrina''
Raymond
References
External links
''Columnea''fro
The Genera of Gesneriaceaefro
The Gesneriad Reference WebWorld Checklist of Gesneriaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2573370
Columnea,
Epiphytes
Gesneriaceae genera