Columnea scandens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 638. 1753.

"Habitat in Gallia aequinoctiali." RCN: 4644.

Lectotype (Leeuwenberg in Acta Bot. Neerl. 7: 390. 1958): [icon] " Columnea " in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 77, t. 89, f. 1. 1756.

Generitype of Columnea Linnaeus.

Current name: Columnea scandens L. ( Gesneriaceae).

Note: The plate number of the type was cited in error (as "t. 139") by Leeuwenberg, and (as "t. 189") by Jarvis & al. (in Regnum Veg 127: 36. 1993).