Columnea versicolor, a new species of Gesneriaceae from the Cordillera Occidental in the Colombian Andes
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https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v20.i1.1464Schlagworte:
Colombia, Columnea, Gesneriaceae, taxonomyAbstract
Exploratory field expeditions and herbarium research have led to the discovery of Columnea versicolor J.L. Clark & Clavijo, sp. nov. in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The new species is distinguished from congeners by a distinctly bicolored corolla, with the tube uniformly magenta with dark purple lobes, or magenta with a purple section and dark purple lobes. The species is endemic to the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental in the Colombian Andes.
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