Columnea florida

Columnea florida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Columnea
Species:
C. florida
Binomial name
Columnea florida
C.V.Morton

Columnea florida is an epiphytic plant of the family Gesneriaceae and native to the neotropics. It was described in 1937 by C. V. Morton.[1] It is also known as Dalbergaria florida.

Description

As the flowers begin to develop, the leaves nearest to the inflorescences develop a pair of dime-size red spots near the far end of each leaf to guide hummingbirds to the flowers,[2] thus belatedly becoming bracts.

References

  1. ^ Morton, C.V.,Journal of the Washington Academy of Science, volume 27 (1937) p. 310.
  2. ^ Proctor, Michael; Yeo, Peter; Lack, Andrew (1996). The Natural History of pollination. Portland: Timber Press. p. 242. ISBN 0-88192-353-2.


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