Columellia

Columellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Bruniales
Family: Columelliaceae
Genus: Columellia
Ruiz & Pav.
Type species
Columellia oblonga
Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms[1]

Uluxia Juss.

Columellia is a group of plant species in the Columelliaceae described as a genus in 1794.[2][3][4][5]

Columellia is native to the Andes of western South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia).[1][6][7][8]

species[1]
  1. Columellia lucida Danguy & Cherm. - Colombia, Ecuador, N Peru
  2. Columellia oblonga Ruiz & Pav. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, W Bolivia
  3. Columellia obovata Ruiz & Pav. - S Ecuador, Peru
  4. Columellia subsessilis Schltr. - Bolivia
  5. Columellia weberbaueri Schltr. - Peru

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 3. in Latin
  3. ↑ Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 3, plate 8, figure a. line drawing of Columellia oblonga at upper left of page
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Columellia Ruiz & Pav.
  5. ↑ Arboles y Arbustos en los Andes del Ecuador, Cuasco blanco, Columellia Ruiz & Pavón in Spanish
  6. ↑ Luteyn, J. L. 1999. Páramos, a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 84: viii–xv, 1–278
  7. ↑ Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador–A checklist. AAU Reports 34: 1–443.
  8. ↑ Serrano, M. & J. Terán. 1998 [2000]. Identificación de Especies Vegetales en Chuquisaca -- Teoría, Práctica y Resultados 1–129. PLAFOR, Intercooperación, Fundación Ceibo, Sucre