Columnea domingensis
Appearance
Columnea domingensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Columnea |
Species: | C. domingensis
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Binomial name | |
Columnea domingensis (Urb.) B.D. Morley
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Columnea domingensis is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. According to Liogier[1] it can be found in the Dominican Republic and in Haiti.
Etymology
[edit]The species has been given the specific epithet "domingensis", as it occurs on the island of Hispaniola. This island was historically called Santo Domingo, or Saint-Domingue. [citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ LA Flora De La Espanola, Volume 7. La flora de la Española · Issue 28 of Serie científica. Alain Henri Liogier. Publisher, Fernand Lanore, 1995.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Columnea domingensis at Wikimedia Commons