Table 1 in Three new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae) from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador and Colombia

Table 1. General geographic distribution (names in parentheses indicate Ecuadorian provinces and Colombian departments) and comparison of morphological characters between Columnea angulata, C. floribunda, C. tecta, and C. picta.
Columnea angulata J.L. Clark & F. TobarColumnea floribunda F. Tobar & J.L. ClarkColumnea picta H. KarstColumnea tecta J.L. Clark & L. ClavijoCalyx lobe marginserrate towards apexserrateentireserrate towards apexCalyx lobe shapeelongate to lanceolateovatebroadly ovateovateCorolla posture relative to calyxoblique to perpendicularstraightstraightstraightCorolla tube angulationangulatenot angulatenot angulatenot angulateCorolla deeply or shallowly bilabiateshallowly bilabiate (nearly tubular)shallowly bilabiate (nearly tubular)deeply bilabiateshallowly bilabiate (nearly tubular)Number of flowers/axilsingle (rarely 2-3)4-62-32-4Relative length of corolla tube vs. calyx lobesexceeds length of calyx lobesexceeds length of calyx lobesexceeds length of calyx lobesequal to or less than length of calyx lobesDistributionwestern Andean slopes in northern Ecuador (Cotopaxi, Imbabura, Pichincha, and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas)western Andean slopes of northern Ecuador (Pichincha)widespread on the western Andean slopes in Colombia & Ecuadorwestern Andean slopes of northern Ecuador (Esmeraldas) and southern Colombia (Nariño)