Cinchona antioquiae is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree with papery leaves, pink or purple flowers, and capsule fruits. The species is native to Colombia.
Cinchona antioquiae was described in 1998, and is listed as of Least Concern by the IUCN.
Taxonomy The species was described by Bengt Lennart Andersson in 1998.
Distribution Cinchona antioquiae is native to the wet tropical biome of Colombia. The species grows in the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Occidental, at elevations of .
The species grows in forests on steep slopes, at the edges of forests, and solitary in pastures.
Description Cinchona antioquiae is a shrub or tree. It is one of the largest species in the genus Cinchona, growing up to high, and around wide at breast height.
The leaf stems are long. The leaves are obovate, papery when dry, long, and wide.
The calyx is long, and has long lobes. The corolla is a pink or purple, long tube, which has long lobes. The flowers have been noted to be strongly fragrant.
The fruit is a dehiscent, ellipsoid to subcylindrical capsule, with a papery endocarp. The seeds are long, and wide.
Cinchona antioquiae is similar to, and sometimes misidentified as, Cinchona pubescens.
Conservation In 2019, the IUCN assessed Cinchona antioquiae as of Least Concern.
Nomenclature In Spanish, the species is known as .
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