Global InformationColumnea consanguinea information
| Columnea consanguinea | |
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| The leaves of Columnea consanguinea have characteristic red heart-shaped markings on their lower surfaces | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Columnea |
| Species: | C. consanguinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Columnea consanguinea Hanst.
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Columnea consanguinea is a species of flowering plants in the genus Columnea. They are endemic to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. They are distinctive for possessing red translucent heart-shaped markings on their leaves that serve to attract their main pollinators - the hummingbird Heliodoxa jacula - to their more inconspicuous flowers.
The species was first described by Johannes von Hanstein in 1865. It is classified under the family Gesneriaceae.
- ^ Hans Wiehler (1973). "One hundred transfers from Alloplectus and Columnea (Gesneriaceae)". Phytologia. 27 (5): 309–329. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.13920.[permanent dead link]