page_title: Columnea
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Columnea / Species
caption_attribution_description: Columnea cf. glabra in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Author: Cody Hinchliff, 2004.
context_page_description: Columnea is a genus of ca. 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae, native to tropical America 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 due to the unusual flower shape.
  The generic name Columnea was named by Carl Linnaeus after the Latinized spelling of the name of the 16th-century Italian botanist Fabio Colonna.
  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.
context_section_description: The species classified under Columnea include the following:
  Columnea albiflora L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog 
  Columnea aliena (C.V. Morton) C.V. Morton 
  Columnea allenii C.V. Morton 
  Columnea ambigua (Urb.) B.D. Morley 
  Columnea ampliata (Wiehler) L.E. Skog 
  Columnea angustata (Wiehler) L.E. Skog 
  Columnea anisophylla DC. 
  Columnea antiocana (Wiehler) J.F. Sm. 
  Columnea argentea Griseb. 
  Columnea arguta C.V. Morton 
  Columnea asteroloma (Wiehler) L.E. Skog 
  Columnea atahualpae J.F. Sm. & L.E. Skog 
  Columnea aurantia Wiehler 
  Columnea aurea Warsz., nom. nud. 
  Columnea bilabiata Seem. 
  Columnea billbergiana Beurl.
  Columnea bivalvis J.L. Clark & M. Amaya
  Columnea brenneri (Wiehler) B.D. Morley
  Columnea brevipila Urb.
  Columnea byrsina (Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea calotricha Donn. Sm.
  Columnea capillosa L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea cerropirrana (Wiehler) L.E. Skog
  Columnea chiricana Wiehler
  Columnea chrysotricha L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
  Columnea ciliata (Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea citriflora L.E. Skog
  Columnea cobana Donn. Sm.
  Columnea colombiana (Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea consanguinea Hanst. 
  Columnea coronata M. Amaya, L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
  Columnea coronocrypta M. Amaya, L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
  Columnea crassa C.V. Morton
  Columnea crassicaulis (Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea crassifolia Brongn. ex Lem.
  Columnea cruenta B.D. Morley
  Columnea cuspidata L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
  Columnea dictyophylla Donn. Sm.
  Columnea dielsii Mansf.
  Columnea dimidiata (Benth.) Kuntze
  Columnea dissimilis C.V. Morton
  Columnea domingensis (Urb.) B.D. Morley
  Columnea dressleri Wiehler
  Columnea eburnea (Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea elongatifolia L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea ericae Mansf.
  Columnea erythrophaea Decne. ex Houll.
  Columnea erythrophylla Hanst.
  Columnea eubracteata Mansf.
  Columnea fawcettii (Urb.) C.V. Morton
  Columnea fernandezii M. Amaya
  Columnea filamentosa L.E. Skog
  Columnea filifera (Wiehler) L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
  Columnea filipes Oliver
  Columnea fimbricalyx L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea flaccida Seem.
  Columnea flava Martens & Galeotti
  Columnea flexiflora L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea florida C.V. Morton
  Columnea formosa (C.V. Morton) C.V. Morton
  Columnea fritschii (Rusby) J.F. Sm.
  Columnea fuscihirta L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea gallicauda Wiehler
  Columnea gigantifolia L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea glabra Oerst.
  Columnea glicensteinii Wiehler
  Columnea gloriosa Sprague
  Columnea grandifolia Rusby
  Columnea grisebachiana Kuntze
  Columnea guatemalensis Sprague
  Columnea guianensis C.V. Morton
  Columnea guttata Poepp. in Poepp. & Endl.
  Columnea harrisii (Urb.) Britton ex C.V. Morton
  Columnea herthae Mansf.
  Columnea hiantiflora Wiehler
  Columnea hirsuta Swartz, non Auct.
  Columnea hirsutissima C.V. Morton
  Columnea hirta Klotzsch & Hanst.
  Columnea hispida Swartz
  Columnea hypocyrtantha (Wiehler) J.F. Sm. & L.E. Skog
  Columnea illepida H.E. Moore
  Columnea inaequilatera Poepp. in Poepp. & Endl.
  Columnea incarnata C.V. Morton
  Columnea incredibilis L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea isernii Cuatrec.
  Columnea kalbreyeriana Masters
  Columnea katzensteiniae (Wiehler) L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
  Columnea kienastiana Regel
  Columnea kucyniakii Raymond
  Columnea labellosa H. Karst.
  Columnea laevis L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea lanata (Seem.) Kuntze
  Columnea lariensis Kriebel
  Columnea lehmannii Mansf.
  Columnea lepidocaula Hanst.
  Columnea linearis Oerst.
  Columnea longinervosa L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea lophophora Mansf.
  Columnea lucifer J.L. Clark
  Columnea maculata C.V. Morton
  Columnea magnifica Klotzsch ex Oerst.
  Columnea manabiana (Wiehler) J.F. Sm. & L.E. Skog
  Columnea mastersonii (Wiehler) L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
  Columnea matudae (Wiehler) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea medicinalis (Wiehler) L.E. Skog & L.P. Kvist
  Columnea mentiens B.D. Morley
  Columnea microcalyx Hanst.
  Columnea microphylla Klotzsch & Hanst. ex Oerst.
  Columnea minor (Hook.) Hanst.
  Columnea minutiflora L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog
  Columnea mira B.D. Morley
  Columnea moesta Poepp. in Poepp. & Endl.
  Columnea moorei C.V. Morton
  Columne
caption: Columnea glabra habitus
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