COLUMNIFERI, in botany, an order of plants in the fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus, in which are the following genera, viz. bixa, corechorus, helio-carpus, kiggelaria, mirocos, muntingia, thea, tilea, turnera, triumfetta, ayenia, grevia, heliocres, klein-hovia, adanonia, alcea, althæa, bombax, camellia, gofypium, hermannia, hibiscus, lavatera, malope, malva, melochia, napæa, pentapetes, fida, stewartia, theobroma, urena, waltharia.