Centropogon hartwegii
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| Centropogon hartwegii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Centropogon |
| Species: | C. hartwegii |
| Binomial name | |
| Centropogon hartwegii | |
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Centropogon hartwegii is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is a shrub native to Colombia and Loja Province of Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitat is páramo (tropical high-elevation grassland) from 3,000 to 3,500 meters elevation.[1]
The species was first described as Siphocampylus hartwegii by George Bentham in 1845. In 1895 Benjamin Daydon Jackson placed the species in genus Centropogon as C. hartwegii.[2]
