Columnea hirta is a species of flowering plants in the genus Columnea. They are endemic to Costa Rica and Panama but are widely cultivated as an ornamental.
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| Columnea hirta habitus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Columnea |
| Species: | C. hirta
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Description
editColumnea hirta grows to a maximum height of 3 ft (0.91 m). Their trailing stems are covered with small red hairs. Their velvety leaves are dark green in color and ovate in shape. The profuse tubular flowers are orange to red-orange in color. They are 8 cm (3.1 in) in length and bloom all throughout the year.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
editColumnea hirta is epiphytic. They are endemic to Costa Rica and Panama but are widely cultivated as an ornamental.[3]
Taxonomy
editColumnea hirta was first described by the German botanists Johann Friedrich Klotzsch and Johannes von Hanstein in 1865.[4] It is classified under the genus Columnea of the family Gesneriaceae.[5]
References
edit- ^ Cynthia McKenney (2006). "Columnea hirta". Interiorscape Plants PicturePages database. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ^ "Columnea hirta". Greenfingers Ltd. 2001. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ^ L.E. Skog & J.K. Boggan (2007). "World Checklist of Gesneriaceae". Department of BotanySmithsonian Institution. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ Johannes von Hanstein (1865). "Die Gesneraceen des K. Herbariums und der Gärten zu Berlin, nebst monographischer Uehersicht der Familie im Ganzen". Linnaea (in German and Latin). 34 (4): 403.
- ^ Laurence Skog (April 20, 2009). "Columnea hirta". Tropicos.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 13, 2012.