Columnea

Accepted species 234 Documented here 59 Family Gesneriaceae

Accepted species 234 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Columnea medicinalis (Wiehler) L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist 89 documented
Columnea strigosa Benth. 69 documented
Columnea filifera (Wiehler) L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist 50 documented
Columnea purpurata Hanst. 50 documented
Columnea gigantifolia L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 44 documented
Columnea longinervosa L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 33 documented
Columnea minor (Hook.) Hanst. 32 documented
Columnea dimidiata (Benth.) Kuntze 30 documented
Columnea consanguinea Hanst. 29 documented
Columnea ericae Mansf. 29 documented
Columnea karstenianum R.Kr.Singh 28 documented
Columnea fimbricalyx L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 25 documented
Columnea schiedeana Schltdl. 24 documented
Columnea glabra Oerst. 22 documented
Columnea coronata L.P.Kvist, M.Amaya & L.E.Skog 18 documented
Columnea nicaraguensis Oerst. 18 documented
Columnea linearis Oerst. 16 documented
Columnea microcalyx Hanst. 16 documented
Columnea filipes Oliv. 15 documented
Columnea eburnea (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 14 documented
Columnea ceticeps J.L.Clark & J.F.Sm. 13 documented
Columnea fuscihirta L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 13 documented
Columnea angustata (Wiehler) L.E.Skog 12 documented
Columnea kienastiana Regel 12 documented
Columnea lepidocaula Hanst. 12 documented
Columnea ambigua (Urb.) B.D.Morley 11 documented
Columnea cuspidata L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist 11 documented
Columnea guttata Poepp. 11 documented
Columnea florida C.V.Morton 10 documented
Columnea machupicchuensis J.L.Clark & J.F.Sm. 10 documented
Columnea skogii M.Amaya 10 documented
Columnea spathulata Mansf. 10 documented
Columnea antennifera J.L.Clark & Clavijo 9 documented
Columnea querceti Oerst. 9 documented
Columnea anisophylla DC. 8 documented
Columnea incredibilis L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 8 documented
Columnea magnifica Klotzsch ex Oerst. 8 documented
Columnea parviflora C.V.Morton 8 documented
Columnea rubrocincta C.V.Morton 8 documented
Columnea oerstediana Klotzsch ex Oerst. 7 documented
Columnea orientandina (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 7 documented
Columnea ciliata (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 6 documented
Columnea dictyophylla Donn.Sm. 6 documented
Columnea rosea (C.V.Morton) C.V.Morton 6 documented
Columnea rubriacuta (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 6 documented
Columnea sulfurea Donn.Sm. 6 documented
Columnea albovinosa (M.Freiberg) J.L.Clark & L.E.Skog 5 documented
Columnea nariniana (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 5 documented
Columnea nervosa (Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst. 5 documented
Columnea sanguinolenta (Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst. 5 documented
Columnea flaccida Seem. 4 documented
Columnea inaequilatera Poepp. 4 documented
Columnea poortmannii (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 4 documented
Columnea rangelii M.Amaya & O.H.Marín 4 documented
Columnea stilesiana M.Amaya & L.P.Kvist 4 documented
Columnea verecunda C.V.Morton 4 documented
Columnea byrsina (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 3 documented
Columnea domingensis (Urb.) B.D.Morley 3 documented
Columnea scandens L. 3 documented
Columnea sulcata L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist 8 below the evidence gate
Columnea herthae Mansf. 4 below the evidence gate
Columnea chiricana Wiehler 2 below the evidence gate
Columnea erythrophaea Decne. ex Houllet 2 below the evidence gate
Columnea longipedicellata M.Amaya, Clavijo & O.H.Marín 2 below the evidence gate
Columnea hirta Klotzsch & Hanst. 1 below the evidence gate
Columnea hypocyrtantha (Wiehler) J.F.Sm. & L.E.Skog 1 below the evidence gate
Columnea oxyphylla Hanst. 1 below the evidence gate
Columnea purpurimarginata L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 1 below the evidence gate
Columnea purpusii Standl. 1 below the evidence gate
Columnea tincta Griseb. 1 below the evidence gate
Columnea × banksii Lynch 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea × euphora H.E.Moore 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea × lemoinei Garnier 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea × vedrariensis Hort. Vilm. ex Mottet 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea × vilmoriniana Meun. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea × woodii H.E.Moore 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea albiflora L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea aliena (C.V.Morton) C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea allenii C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea ampliata (Wiehler) L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea angulata J.L.Clark & Tobar 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea antiocana (Wiehler) J.F.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea argentea Griseb. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea arguta C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea asteroloma (Wiehler) L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea atahualpae J.F.Sm. & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea aurantia Wiehler 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea bilabiata Seem. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea billbergiana Beurl. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea bivalvis J.L.Clark & M.Amaya 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea blancoi J.E.Jiménez, Chinchilla & Kriebel 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea brenneri (Wiehler) B.D.Morley 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea brevipila Urb. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea calotricha Donn.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea capillosa L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea carinata J.L.Clark & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea caudata M.Amaya & L.P.Kvist 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea cerropirrana (Wiehler) L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea chocoensis M.Amaya & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea chrysotricha L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea citriflora L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea cobana Donn.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea colombiana (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea combeimae Lozano-Cif., J.E.Ríos & J.L.Clark 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea congestiflora J.L.Clark, Solano-C & Parra-Lizc. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea conopurpurea J.L.Clark, Ramos-Arias & J.L.Peña 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea coronocrypta L.P.Kvist, M.Amaya & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea corralesii M.Amaya & J.F.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea crassa C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea crassicaulis (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea crassifolia Brongn. ex Lem. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea cruenta B.D.Morley 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea dielsii Mansf. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea dissimilis C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea dressleri Wiehler 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea elongatifolia L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea erythrophylla Hanst. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea eubracteata Mansf. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea fawcettii (Urb.) C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea fernandezii M.Amaya 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea ferruginea J.F.Sm. & J.L.Clark 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea figueroae M.Amaya 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea filamentosa L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea flammeostoma J.L.Clark 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea flava M.Martens & Galeotti 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea flavostriata J.L.Clark 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea flexiflora L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea floribunda Tobar & J.L.Clark 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea fluidifolia J.L.Clark & Tobar 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea foreroi M.Amaya 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea formosa (C.V.Morton) C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea fractiflexa J.F.Sm. & J.L.Clark 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea fritschii (Rusby) J.F.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea gallicauda Wiehler 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea glaucobracteata J.L.Clark 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea glicensteinii Wiehler 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea gloriosa Sprague 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea grandifolia Rusby 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea grisebachiana Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea guatemalensis Sprague 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea guianensis C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea harrisii (Urb.) Britton ex C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea hiantiflora Wiehler 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea hirsuta Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea hirsutissima C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea hispida Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea illepida H.E.Moore 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea incarnata C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea isernii Cuatrec. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea kalbreyeriana Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea katzensteiniae (Wiehler) L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea kucyniakii Raymond 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea labellosa H.Karst. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea laciniata J.L.Clark & M.Amaya 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea laevis L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea lanata (Seem.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea lariensis Kriebel 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea lehmannii Mansf. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea lophophora Mansf. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea lucifer J.L.Clark 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea maculata C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea magentotricha Parra-Lizc. & Solano-C. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea manabiana (Wiehler) J.F.Sm. & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea mastersonii (Wiehler) L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea matudae (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea megafolia L.E.Skog & M.Amaya 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea mentiens B.D.Morley 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea microphylla Klotzsch & Hanst. ex Oerst. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea minutiflora L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea mira B.D.Morley 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea moesta Poepp. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea moorei C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea nematoloba L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea oblongifolia Rusby 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea ochroleuca (Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea ornata (Wiehler) L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea ovatifolia L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea pallida Rusby 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea panamensis C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea paraguensis M.Amaya & J.F.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea paramicola (Wiehler) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea pectinata C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea pedunculata L.P.Kvist, M.Amaya & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea pendens Tobar, J.L.Clark & J.F.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea pendula (Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea perpulchra C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea peruviana Zahlbr. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea polyantha (Wiehler) L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea praetexta Hanst. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea proctorii Stearn 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea pubescens (Griseb.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea pulcherrima C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea pulchra (Wiehler) L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea purpureovittata (Wiehler) B.D.Morley 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea pygmaea J.L.Clark & J.F.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea queremalensis L.P.Kvist, M.Amaya & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea raymondii C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea repens (Hook.) Hanst. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea rileyi (Wiehler) J.F.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea ringens Regel 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea robusta (Wiehler) L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea rubida (C.V.Morton) C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea rubra C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea rubribracteata L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea rubricalyx L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea rubricaulis Standl. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea rubropilosa J.L.Clark & Clavijo 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea rutilans Sw. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea sanguinea (Pers.) Hanst. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea schimpffii Mansf. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea segregata B.D.Morley 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea sericeovillosa Suess. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea serrata (Klotzsch ex Oerst.) Hanst. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea silvarum C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea subcordata C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea suffruticosa J.F.Sm. & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea tandapiana (Wiehler) L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea tecta J.L.Clark & Clavijo 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea tenella L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea tenensis (Wiehler) B.D.Morley 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea tenuis Klotzsch ex Oerst. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea tessmannii Mansf. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea tomentulosa C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea trollii Mansf. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea tutunendana (Wiehler) L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea ulei Mansf. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea ultraviolacea J.F.Sm. & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea urbanii Stearn 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea valenzuelae R.Rojas & Vásquez 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea villosissima Mansf. 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea vinacea C.V.Morton 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea vittata (Wiehler) L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea xiphoidea J.F.Sm. & L.E.Skog 0 below the evidence gate
Columnea zebrina Raymond 0 below the evidence gate

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So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.