taxonID	type	description	language	source
B082E489CCCE5138A9C354B5E2F9630A.taxon	description	Figs 2, 3	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
B082E489CCCE5138A9C354B5E2F9630A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from Columnea picta by a shallow bilabiate corolla limb (vs. deeply bilabiate corolla limb) and a corolla perpendicular to oblique relative to the calyx (vs. corolla straight relative to the calyx).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
B082E489CCCE5138A9C354B5E2F9630A.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Ecuador Imbabura: canton Cotacachi, parroquia Garcia Moreno, Cordillera de Toisan, Cerro de la Plata, Bosque Protector Los Cedros, sendero Camino del Oso, north of lodge, 0 ° 18 ' N, 78 ° 46 ' W, 1500 - 2600 m, 19 Mar 2003, J. L. Clark, F. Nicolalde & R. Hall 7413 (holotype: US [US 3492386]; isotypes: AAU, COL, K, MO, QCA, QCNE, SEL, UNA).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
B082E489CCCE5138A9C354B5E2F9630A.taxon	description	Description. Facultative epiphyte with dorsiventral shoots to 1.5 m long, subwoody, suffrutescent, glabrescent below, sparsely pilose above; internodes 7 - 10 cm near base, then clustered at branch apex. Leaves opposite, strongly anisophyllous, papyraceous when dry; larger leaf nearly sessile, petioles 0.1 - 0.4 cm long, pilose; blade asymmetric, oblanceolate to oblong, 7 - 28 x 2 - 9.5 cm, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin serrate, adaxially uniformly dark green to red with dark red apex, glabrous, abaxially light green, upper regions of margins, and apical third of leaf dark red, sparsely pilose to densely pilose along the venation, lateral veins 7 - 15, primary and secondary veins occasionally red; smaller leaf sessile, sometimes appressed to the dorsal surface of stem; blade asymmetric, lanceolate 0.5 - 2 x 0.4 - 0.6 cm, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin serrate, green with red apex on both surfaces, glabrous adaxially, sparsely pilose to densely pilose along the venation and margins abaxially. Inflorescence reduced to a single axillary flower (rarely 2 - 3); peduncles absent or highly reduced (<0.2 cm); bracts 1 - 2, light green, lanceolate, 0.7 - 1.2 x 0.2 - 0.4 cm, glabrous on both sides. Flowers subtended by elongate pedicels, 1.5 - 2.5 cm long, sparsely to densely pilose, tightly appressed to the abaxial leaf surface when immature, becoming pendent during anthesis; calyx lobes 5, nearly free, mostly equal in size and shape, dorsal lobe slightly smaller, lobes appressed to flower when immature and spreading during anthesis, from uniformly yellow, to red with yellow margins, to yellow with a large reddish mid-region, 1.5 - 3.5 x 0.5 - 1 cm, ovate to broadly oblong, apex acuminate to acute, margin serrate, pilose on both surfaces; corolla tubular, appearing perpendicular to calyx via a sigmoid-shaped corolla tube, 2.1 - 3.5 cm long, outer and inner surfaces pilose, base appearing laterally compressed, limb shallowly bilabiate, white suffused with yellow on lower two thirds, more yellow toward apex, splotches of dark red on lower portion of lateral and ventral lobes, light yellow patch below lobes, red streaks abaxially, lobes 0.3 - 0.4 x 0.3 - 0.5 cm. Androecium of 4 stamens, filaments connate at the base and forming a filament curtain for 0.2 - 0.4 cm, free portion of filaments 3 - 3.5 cm long, glabrous; anthers longer than broad, ca. 2 x 1.5 mm, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; staminode absent; nectary a bilobed dorsal gland, glabrous; ovary superior, densely pilose, 0.2 - 0.4 x 0.2 cm, style ca. 2.5 cm long, glabrous, stigma included and shallowly bifid. Fruit not observed.	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
B082E489CCCE5138A9C354B5E2F9630A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is in reference to the angulate or bent corolla tube. The corolla is nearly perpendicular to the calyx lobes because of the sigmoid-shaped tube.	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
B082E489CCCE5138A9C354B5E2F9630A.taxon	distribution	Distribution and preliminary assessment of conservation status. Columnea angulata is locally abundant in forests along the western slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes in the provinces of Cotopaxi, Imbabura, Pichincha, and Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas (Fig. 1) where it grows in mature forests and the shaded understory of recently cleared forests, from 1500 to 2600 m in elevation. It is especially common along the old highway between Quito and Santo Domingo. It has been documented in two protected areas: Reserva Floristica-Ecologica Rio Guajalito and Bosque Protector Los Cedros. According to the IUCN Red List criteria (IUCN 2001) for limited geographic range (B 1, less than 20,000 km 2) and considering the uncertain future of habitat conservation of western Andean forests (B 2 b, c), Columnea angulata should be listed in the category Vulnerable (VU).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
B082E489CCCE5138A9C354B5E2F9630A.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined. Ecuador Cotopaxi: canton Sigchos, parroquia San Francisco de las Pampas, Bosque Integral Otonga, 0 ° 25.17 ' S, 79 ° 0.19 ' W, 1900 m, 26 Jan 2001, J. L. Clark and Munoz 6125 (QCA, QCNE, SEL, UNA, US); Pichincha: canton Quito, parroquia Nono, El Pahuma Orchid Reserve, 17 km east of Nanegalito, 0 ° 1 ' S, 78 ° 37 ' W, 1700 m, 17 Apr 2003, J. L. Clark et al. 7648 (QCA, QCNE, SEL, UNA, US); canton San Miguel de los Bancos, Mindo Loma Cloud Forest Reserve, km 73.5 via Calacali-La Independencia, 3 km past the entrance to the village of Mindo, 0 ° 0 ' 44 " S, 78 ° 44 ' 29 " W, 1800 m, 23 May 2011, J. L. Clark & C. Aulestia 12198 (QCNE, UNA, US); canton San Miguel de los Bancos, Las Gralarias Reserve, 1.2 km east of the lodge, 0 ° 05 ' N, 78 ° 43 ' W, 1900 m, 15 Aug 2017, F. Tobar, A. Nieto, A. Marcayata & S. Imba 2832 (QCA); canton San Miguel de los Bancos, Las Gralarias Reserve, Puma trail, 0 ° 05 ' N, 78 ° 43 ' W, 1900 m, 21 May 2018, F. Tobar, F. Richter 3280 (QCA); canton San Miguel de los Bancos, Puyucunapi Reserve, cultivada cerca de la casa de la reserva, 0 ° 01 ' N, 78 ° 41 ' W, 1800 m, 13 Oct 2019, F. Tobar & M. Gavilanes 3409 (HPUCESI, QCNE); canton San Miguel de los Bancos, a 2.6 km al este de San Tadeo en la via a Bellavista Lodge, 0 ° 01 ' N, 78 ° 44 ' W, 1893 m, 11 Mar 2020, F. Tobar & M. Gavilanes 3475 (QCNE); canton San Miguel de los Bancos, Puyucunapi Reserve, a 800 m de la entrada del transecto principal, 0 ° 01 ' N, 78 ° 41 ' W, 1995 m, 12 Mar 2020, F. Tobar & M. Gavilanes 3479 (QCA); Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas: canton Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Bosque Protector Rio Guajalito, located on the old Quito-Santo Domingo road, between Chiriboga and La Palma, 0 ° 18 ' 50 " S, 78 ° 55 ' 35 " W, 1796 m, 30 May 2009, J. L. Clark et al. 10968 (NY, QCNE, SEL, US); Reserva Floristica-Ecologica Rio Guajalito, km 59 de la carretera antigua Quito-Sto. Domingo de los Colorados, a 3.5 km al NE de la carretera, 0 ° 13 ' 53 " S, 78 ° 48 ' 10 " W, 1800 - 2200 m, 3 Apr 2003, J. L. Clark, N. Muchhala & A. Hoyos 7618 (QCA, QCNE, SEL, UNA, US).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
A0BDCEBC385553478B0F8C6C98451795.taxon	description	Figs 4, 5	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
A0BDCEBC385553478B0F8C6C98451795.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from Columnea picta by a nearly tubular corolla (vs. deeply bilabiate corolla). Differs from Columnea angulata by the straight corolla relative to the calyx (vs. oblique to perpendicular corolla relative to the calyx). Differs from Columnea tecta by corollas that exceed the length of the calyx lobes (vs. corollas that are equal to or less than the length of the calyx lobes).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
A0BDCEBC385553478B0F8C6C98451795.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Ecuador Pichincha: canton Pichincha, parroquia Pacto, Bosque Protector Mashpi, sendero Mashpi Capuchin, 5 km al norte de Lodge, 0 ° 09 ' N, 78 ° 52 ' W, 900 - 1200 m, 18 Jan 2020, F. Tobar, C. H. Graham, T. Santander & E. Guevara 3527 (holotype: QCA; isotypes: QCNE, US).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
A0BDCEBC385553478B0F8C6C98451795.taxon	description	Description. Facultative epiphyte with dorsiventral shoots to 2 - 3 m long, subwoody, suffrutescent, glabrescent below, sparsely pilose above; internodes 3 - 16 cm near base, then clustered at branch apex. Leaves opposite, strongly anisophyllous, papyraceous when dry; larger leaf nearly sessile, petioles 0.1 - 0.2 cm long, pilose; blade asymmetric, oblanceolate to oblong, 1 - 28 x 4.8 - 6.2 cm, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin serrate, adaxially uniformly dark green with bright red, glabrous, abaxially light green with bright red apex, sparsely pilose, lateral veins 7 - 12; smaller leaf sessile, blade asymmetric, lanceolate 1.4 - 2.5 x 0.3 - 0.5 cm, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin serrate, green with red apex on both surfaces, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely pilose. Inflorescence reduced to axillary clusters of 3 - 5 flowers; peduncles absent or highly reduced (<0.2 cm long); bracts 1 - 2, light green, oblong, 0.5 - 1.2 x 0.2 - 0.3 cm, glabrous on both sides. Flowers subtended by elongate pedicels, 2.2 - 3.3 cm long, sparsely pilose; calyx lobes 5, nearly free, mostly equal in size and shape, dorsal lobe elongate and slender, 1.7 - 2.1 x 0.7 - 1.3 cm, ovate, apex acute, margin serrate, mostly yellow with red splotches in the center, inner and outer surfaces pilose; corolla tubular, 0.6 - 2.1 cm long, mostly yellow with whitish base, outer and inner surfaces pilose, limb shallowly bilabiate, corolla lobes 0.3 - 0.5 x 0.2 - 0.4 cm, lateral and lower lobes red, upper lobes yellow. Androecium of 4 stamens, filaments connate at the base and forming a filament curtain for 0.2 - 0.3 cm, free portion of filaments 1.5 - 1.9 cm long, minutely pubescent; anthers longer than broad, ca. 0.3 x 0.2 mm, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; staminode absent; nectary a trilobed dorsal gland, glabrous; ovary superior, densely pilose, 0.2 - 0.4 x 0.2 cm, style 1.5 - 1.8 cm long, minutely pubescent, stigma included and shallowly bifid. Fruit an indehiscent globose white berry. Seeds not observed.	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
A0BDCEBC385553478B0F8C6C98451795.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet refers to axillary clusters of several flowers (3 - 5).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
A0BDCEBC385553478B0F8C6C98451795.taxon	distribution	Distribution and preliminary assessment of conservation status. Columnea floribunda is locally abundant in the Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve (900 - 1340 m) and the surrounding roads, a Choco biogeographic forest relict in northern Ecuador. It is likely that additional populations are located in the adjacent provinces of Imbabura and Esmeraldas. Future research expeditions to unexplored areas of the Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve will hopefully result in additional documented populations of C. floribunda. According to the IUCN Red List criteria (IUCN 2001) for limited geographic range (B 2 a, less than five locations) and considering the uncertain future of habitat conservation, Columnea floribunda should be listed in the category Endangered (EN).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
A0BDCEBC385553478B0F8C6C98451795.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined. Ecuador Pichincha: canton Pacto, Mashpi Lodge, transecto Mashpi Laguna, a 500 m de la entrada del transecto, 0 ° 09 ' N, 78 ° 52 ' W, 880 m, 21 Sep 2017, F. Tobar & A. Nieto 2903 (QCA); canton Pacto, transecto Mashpi Capuchin, entrada del transecto, 0 ° 10 ' N, 78 ° 52 ' W, 800 m, 20 Mar 2018, F. Tobar, A. Marcayata & K. Cortez 3161 (QCA); canton Pacto, km 20, carretero entre La Delicia y el pueblo de Mashpi, 0 ° 09 ' N, 78 ° 51 ' W, 1200 m, 18 Dec 2019, F. Tobar & M. Gavilanes 3509 (QCA); canton Pichincha, Amagusa Reserve, 1200 m dentro del sendero principal hacia el rio, 0 ° 09 ' N, 78 ° 51 ' W, 1213 m, 18 Mar 2018, F. Tobar, C. Poveda, S. Basantes & M. Gavilanes 3465 (HPUCESI, QCNE); canton Pacto, Mashpi reserve, road to lodge, 0 ° 09 ' 38 " N, 78 ° 50 ' 58 " W, 1338 m, 7 Feb 2019, M. Perret & F. Tobar 258 (QCNE).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
85FF799BEF655EB08CCB110C1D62AA52.taxon	description	Fig. 7	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
85FF799BEF655EB08CCB110C1D62AA52.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from Columnea picta by a nearly tubular corolla (vs. deeply bilabiate corolla) that is equal to or shorter than the calyx lobes (vs. corolla that extends beyond the calyx lobes).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
85FF799BEF655EB08CCB110C1D62AA52.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Ecuador Esmeraldas: canton San Lorenzo, remnant patch of forest along highway Ibarra-San Lorenzo, between the towns of Durango and Alto Tambo, 0 ° 57 ' 21 " N, 78 ° 33 ' 38 " W, 664 m, 3 Jun 2009, J. L. Clark & 2009 Gesneriad Research Expedition Participants 11104 (holotype: US [3693986]; isotypes: MO, NY, QCNE, SEL).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
85FF799BEF655EB08CCB110C1D62AA52.taxon	description	Description. Facultative epiphyte with dorsiventral shoots to 1.5 m long, subwoody, suffrutescent, glabrescent below, sparsely pilose above; internodes 5 - 10 cm near base, then clustered at branch apex. Leaves opposite, strongly anisophyllous, papyraceous when dry; larger leaf nearly sessile, petioles succulent, 0.3 - 0.8 cm long, glabrous; blade asymmetric, broadly oblanceolate, 7 - 30 x 3 - 6.6 cm, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin serrate, adaxially uniformly green with bright red apex, glabrous, abaxially light green with bright red apex, sparsely pilose along the venation, lateral veins 7 - 14, primary vein bright red, secondary veins red at base and green adaxially; smaller leaf sessile and often clasping the base of the stem; blade asymmetric, lanceolate 0.5 - 1.5 x 0.4 - 0.5 cm, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin serrate, green with red apex on both sides, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sparsely pilose. Inflorescence reduced, appearing in clusters of 1 - 4 axially flowers; peduncles absent or highly reduced (<0.2 cm long); bracts 1 - 2, light green, oblanceolate, 0.7 - 1 x 0.2 - 0.3 cm, glabrous on both sides. Flowers subtended by elongate pedicels, 1.5 - 2.4 cm long, sparsely pilose, with enations near the apex; calyx lobes 5, nearly free, mostly equal in size and shape, dorsal lobe slightly smaller, 1.5 - 2.3 x 1 - 2 cm, ovate, apex acute, margin serrate, yellow with red splotches in the center, inner and outer surfaces sparsely pilose; corolla tubular and erect, 1 - 1.9 cm long, outer and inner surfaces pilose, limb shallowly bilabiate, mostly yellow with red striations on lateral and ventral lobes, corolla lobes 0.2 - 0.5 x 0.2 - 0.4 cm. Androecium of 4 stamens, filaments connate at the base for 0.1 - 0.3 cm and forming a filament curtain, free portion of filaments ca. 1.5 cm long, glabrous; anthers longer than broad, ca. 2 x 1.5 mm, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; staminode absent; nectary a bilobed dorsal gland, glabrous; ovary superior, densely pilose, 0.2 - 0.4 x 0.2 cm, style ca. 1.4 cm long, glabrous, stigma included and shallowly bifid. Fruit an indehiscent oblong white berry, 1.2 x 0.72 cm.	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
85FF799BEF655EB08CCB110C1D62AA52.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet Columnea tecta refers to the " hidden " or relatively short corolla tube that does not exceed the length of the calyx lobes, an unusual character in Columnea.	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
85FF799BEF655EB08CCB110C1D62AA52.taxon	distribution	Distribution and preliminary assessment of conservation status. This species has not been found in any formally protected areas. According to the IUCN Red List criteria (IUCN 2001) for limited geographic range (B 2 a, less than five locations) and considering the uncertain future of habitat conservation of western Andean forests, Columnea tecta should be listed in the category Endangered (EN).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
85FF799BEF655EB08CCB110C1D62AA52.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined. Colombia Narino: municipio Barbacoas, corregimiento El Diviso, western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental, trail from El Diviso towards Rio Gueiza, 1 ° 21 ' 21 " N, 78 ° 11 ' 45 " W, 404 m, 13 May 2013, J. L. Clark, L. Clavijo, O. Marin & M. Flores 13433 (COL, CUVC); Altaquer to Junin, near Altaquer, 10 May 1972, H. Wiehler, R. L. Dressler, N. H. Williams & N. F. Williams 72222 (SEL).	en	Clark, John L., Tobar, Francisco, Clavijo, Laura, Perret, Mathieu, Graham, Catherine Helen (2021): Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. PhytoKeys 182: 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.182.69016
