Genus: Columnea
Life
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Three species cultivated.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
Columnea allenii
Native to Panama. |
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Columnea gloriosa
Native to Costa Rica. |
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Columnea hirta
Native from Costa Rica to Panama. |
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Publications
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Smithies, S.J. 2003. Gesneriaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 578-580. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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