heterotypic synonyms:
Columnea translucens Raymond; Ortholoma dissimile (C.V. Morton) Wiehler; Trichantha dissimilis (C.V. Morton) Wiehler;
protologue: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 47 (1942)
2 265120 Columnea dissimilis C.V.MortonAnn. Missouri Bot. Gard., vol. 65 : p. 856, fig. 10 (1978) [Y.L. Wilson]