Codonanthopsis dissimulata
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Codonanthopsis |
| Species: | C. dissimulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Codonanthopsis dissimulata | |
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Codonanthopsis dissimulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae.[1][2] It is an epiphyte that grows in wet tropical biomes and is native to northern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.[1] It was first formally described in 1978.[3]
Uses
[edit]It has been recorded as being used in Ecudor and Columbia as a traditional medicine to treat toothaches, headaches and ant stings.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Codonanthopsis dissimulata (H.E.Moore) Wiehler". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
- ↑ "Codonanthopsis dissimulata (H.E.Moore) Wiehler". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
- ↑ Wiehler, Hans (December 1978). "Miscellaneous Transfers and New Species of Neotropical Gesneriaceae". Selbyana. 5 (1): 61–93. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
- ↑ Wiehler, Hans (November 1995). "Medicinal Gesneriads: 122 species of the rain forest plant family Gesneriaceae used medicinally in the Neotropics". Gesneriana. 1 (1): 98–120. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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