| Columnea microphylla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Columnea |
| Species: | C. microphylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Columnea microphylla Klotzsch & Hanst. ex Oerst. 1858 | |
Columnea microphylla is a species of Gesneriaceae that is native to Costa Rica. [1]
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.
Parkinsonia microphylla, the yellow paloverde, foothill paloverde or little-leaved palo verde; syn. Cercidium microphyllum), is a species of palo verde.
The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Albo-Dentata' first featured in the Baudriller nursery catalogue of 1880 as U. microphylla foliis albo-dentata. It was distributed by the Späth nursery of Berlin in the late 19th and early 20th century, as U. campestris microphylla fol. albo-dentatis.
The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Microphylla Pendula', the Weeping small-leaved elm, was first listed by the Travemünde nursery, Lübeck, and described by Kirchner in Petzold & Kirchner's Arboretum Muscaviense (1864), as Ulmus microphylla pendulaHort.. By the 1870s it was being marketed in nurseries in Europe and America as Ulmus campestris var. microphylla pendula.
The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Microphylla' was listed in the Loddiges, Catalogue of 1823 as U. stricta microphylla but without description. A specimen in the Herb. Nicholson at Kew was identified by Melville as U. × hollandica.
The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor'Microphylla Purpurea' was first described by C. de Vos, Handboek, 203, 1887.
The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Microphylla Rubra' was listed by C. de Vos in Handboek, 203, 1887, as Ulmus campestris microphylla rubra but did not include a description.
Pilea microphylla also known as rockweed, artillery plant, gunpowder plant or brilhantina is an annual plant native to Florida, Mexico, the West Indies, and tropical Central and Southern America. In the southern part of México, specifically Campeche and Mérida, the local name is Frescura. The plant belongs to the family Urticaceae. It has light green, almost succulent, stems and tiny 1/8" leaves which contribute to its other nickname, "Artillery Fern", though it is not related to ferns. It is grown as a ground cover in many areas.
Columnidin is an orange red pigment, belonging to the 3-deoxyanthocyanidins found in red-flowered western-hemisphere gesneriad species such as episcias, columneas, sarmientas, and sinningias.
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 leaves that serve to attract their main pollinators - the hummingbird Heliodoxa jacula - to their more inconspicuous flowers.
Persoonia microphylla is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect to prostrate shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to fourteen on a rachis up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long.
Columnea crassifolia is a species of Gesneriaceae that is native to Honduras and Mexico.
Columnea linearis is a species of Gesneriaceae that is native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Belize.
Columnea purpurata is a species of Gesneriaceae that is native to Costa Rica, Colombia, and Belize.
Columnea querceti is a species of Gesneriaceae that is native to Costa Rica.
Columnea rubricaulis is a species of Gesneriaceae that is native to Honduras and Nicaragua.
Columnea sanguinolenta is a species of Gesneriaceae that is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Columnea minor is a species of epiphytic flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It is found in Ecuador.
Columnea domingensis is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. According to Liogier it can be found in the Dominican Republic and in Haiti.
Columnea microcalyx, called the goldfish plant or orange columnea, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Columnea, native to southeast Mexico, Central America, Columbia and Venezuela. Its cultivar 'Superba' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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