COLUMNIFERI, in botany, an order of plants in the fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus, in which are the following genera, viz. bixa, corchorus, helio-carpus, kiggelaria, microcos, muntingia, thea, tilea, turnera, triumfetta, ayenia, grevia, helioceres, kleinhovia, adanfonia, alcæa, althæa, bombax, camellia, gosypium, hermannia, hibiscus, lavatera, malope, malva, melochia, napæa, pentapetes, fida, stewartia, theobroma, urena, waltharia.