Taxon:
Columnea scandens L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:638. 1753
Verified:
02/12/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Kvist, L. P. & L. Skog. 1993. The genus Columnea (Gesneriaceae) in Ecuador. Allertonia 6:340, 370.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Common names
Swedish
västindisk eldranka –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Montserrat, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |