The Flora of Colombia is characterized by over 32,000 species of green plants. The national flower of Colombia is the orchid Cattleya trianae which was...
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biodiversity of Colombia is the variety of indigenous organisms in the country with the second-highest biodiversity in the world. As of 2021, around 63...
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Anthurium andraeanum (category Flora of Colombia)
family Araceae that is native to Colombia and Ecuador. It is a winner of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Common names for plants...
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Elaeis oleifera (category Flora of Colombia)
oleifera Cortés, Santiago. 1897. Flora de Colombia : comprende la geografia botanica de Colombia, las leguminosas, la flora terapiutica, 1: 203, Elaeis oleifera...
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Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland...
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Tradescantia zebrina (category Flora of Colombia)
Steyermark: Flora of Guatemala , Field Museum of History Botanical Series, Volume 24, Part III, Chicago, USA, 1952. "World Checklist of Selected Plant...
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Goeppertia ornata (category Flora of Colombia)
pin-stripe calathea) is a species of perennial plant in the family known as the prayer plants. It is native to South America (Colombia, Venezuela), and is cultivated...
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Zephyranthes rosea (category Flora of Colombia)
rose zephyr lily or the pink rain lily, is a species of rain lily native to Peru and Colombia. They are widely cultivated as ornamentals and have become...
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Costus woodsonii (category Flora of Colombia)
spiral flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae, native to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. A rhizomatous geophytic perennial...
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Grias cauliflora (category Flora of Colombia)
pear) is an evergreen fruit tree native to Jamaica, Central America, and Colombia. It is often found near rivers or marshes in large colonies. It belongs...
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Heliconia rostrata (category Flora of Colombia)
hanging lobster claw or false bird of paradise, is a herbaceous perennial plant native to El Salvador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Ecuador...
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Uncaria tomentosa (category Flora of Colombia)
found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America. It is known as cat's claw or uña de gato in Spanish because of its claw-shaped thorns. The plant...
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Brugmansia × candida (category Flora of Colombia)
both listed as extinct in the wild. Brugmansia × candida is native to Colombia and Ecuador, and has been introduced to tropical locations worldwide. A...
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also Colombian cuisine) List of invasive species in Colombia Animal rights in Colombia Flora of Colombia List of national parks of Colombia en Colombia Paisajes...
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Jaltomata procumbens (category Flora of Colombia)
holly, is a plant species native to Arizona, USA, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. It grows as a weed in agricultural fields and...
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Canna tuerckheimii (category Flora of Colombia)
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador at 500–2,000 m (1,600–6,600 ft) of elevation. Paulus Johannes Maria Maas and Nobuyuki...
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Brugmansia sanguinea (category Flora of Colombia)
flowers come in shades of brilliant red, yellow, orange and green. B. sanguinea is endemic to the Andes mountains from Colombia to northern Chile at elevations...
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Zephyranthes carinata (category Flora of Colombia)
lily or pink rain lily, is a perennial flowering plant native to Mexico, Colombia and Central America. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental and...
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Sphagneticola trilobata (category Flora of Colombia)
(L.) Pruski Flora Fauna Web. Retrieved 17 December 2023. Singapore daisy Sphagneticola trilobata The State of Queensland, Department of Agriculture and...
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Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum (category Flora of Colombia)
Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. It prefers well-drained soils, such as silty or sandy loams, and 800–2,000 mm (31–79 in) of annual precipitation in...
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Sagittaria latifolia (category Flora of Colombia)
Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Cuba. It is also naturalized in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Bhutan, Australia and much of Europe (France, Spain...
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Alternanthera ficoidea (category Flora of Colombia)
Alternanthera ficoidea, also known as Joseph's coat, Parrot leaf, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is native to the Caribbean...
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Cyperus imbricatus (category Flora of Colombia)
known as the shingle flatsedge, is a species of sedge that is native to sub-tropical and tropical areas of the world. The sedge is a rhizomatous, robust...
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Entada gigas (category Flora of Colombia)
sea bean, cœur de la mer or sea heart, is a species of flowering liana in the pea family, Fabaceae of the Mimosa subfamily, which is often raised to family...
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Brugmansia arborea (category Flora of Colombia)
native to the Andes mountains of southern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, western Bolivia, and northern Chile. As the hardiest of all Brugmansia species in regards...
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Erythroxylum novogranatense (redirect from Colombian coca)
director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, because its country of origin was the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Granada—present day Colombia. Erythroxylum...
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Echinodorus grisebachii (category Flora of Colombia)
2017-01-27. Garden., New York Botanical (1909-01-01). "North American flora". North American Flora. Series 2. v. 17, pt. 1 (1909). ISSN 0078-1312. Davidse, G.,...
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Zephyranthes minuta (category Flora of Colombia)
species very often referred to as Zephyranthes grandiflora, including in Flora of North America. The latter is, however, an illegitimate name because the...
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Sagittaria subulata (category Flora of Colombia)
ovate, not lobed. The inflorescence floats on the surface of the water. It is native to the Colombia, Venezuela, and every US state along the coast from Massachusetts...
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Cherimoya (category Flora of Colombia)
Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, the fruit is commonly known as chirimoya (spelled according to the rules of the Spanish language)...
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