''Codonanthopsis uleana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Gesneriaceae Gesneriaceae, the gesneriad family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 152 genera and ca. 3,540 species in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World (almost all Didymocarpoideae) and the New World (most Gesnerioideae), wit ...

. This species is native to Mexico and America. Is an epiphyte and mainly grows in wet tropical biomes. The species was first described as ''Codonanthe uleana'' in 1905 by

Karl Fritsch Karl Fritsch (24 February 1864 – 17 January 1934) was an Austrian botanist. He was born in Vienna and educated mainly at the University of Vienna, obtaining his PhD degree in 1886 and his Habilitation Habilitation is the highest univ ...

. In 2013 it was placed in the genus ''

Codonanthopsis ''Codonanthopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. Its native range is from southern Mexico through tropical America to Bolivia and most of Brazil. ''Codonanthopsis'' species are generally trailing epiphytes with pale ...

'' as ''Codonanthopsis uleana''.

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uleana Flora of Brazil Flora of Central America Flora of western South America Flora of Southeastern Mexico Flora of Southwestern Mexico Flora of Venezuela Plants described in 1905 Taxa named by Karl Fritsch {{gesneriaceae-stub