Columellia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Bruniales

Familia: Columelliaceae
Genus: Columellia
Species: C. lucida – C. oblonga – C. obovata – C. subsessilis – C. weberbaueri
Name

Columellia Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 3. (1794)
Type species: Columellia oblonga Ruiz & Pav. 1: 28, pl. 8, f. a. (1798)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Uluxia Juss. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2, 10: 103 (1818)

References

Ruiz L.H. & Pavón, J.A. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 3.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Columellia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 9. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Columellia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 9. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Columellia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 Feb. 2014.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Columellia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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 Mountains of western South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia).[1][6][7][8]

Species[1]

Columellia lucida Danguy & Cherm. - Colombia, Ecuador, N Peru
Columellia oblonga Ruiz & Pav. - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, W Bolivia
Columellia obovata Ruiz & Pav. - S Ecuador, Peru
Columellia subsessilis Schltr. - Bolivia
Columellia weberbaueri Schltr. - Peru

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 3. in Latin
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
Tropicos, Columellia Ruiz & Pav.
Arboles y Arbustos en los Andes del Ecuador, Cuasco blanco, Columellia Ruiz & Pavón in Spanish
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
Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador–A checklist. AAU Reports 34: 1–443.
Serrano, M. & J. Terán. 1998 [2000]. Identificación de Especies Vegetales en Chuquisaca -- Teoría, Práctica y Resultados 1–129. PLAFOR, Intercooperación, Fundación Ceibo, Sucre