Gloxinella

Gloxinella
Gloxinella lindeniana, the sole member of the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Gloxinella
(H.E.Moore) Roalson & Boggan (2005)
Species:
G. lindeniana
Binomial name
Gloxinella lindeniana
(Regel) Roalson & Boggan (2005)
Synonyms
  • Gloxinia lindeniana (Regel) Fritsch (1913)
  • Gloxinia tydaeoides Hanst. ex Regel (1868)
  • Isoloma lindenianum (Regel) N.E.Br. (1882)
  • Isoloma lindenianum G.Nicholson (1885)
  • Kohleria lindeniana (Regel) H.E.Moore (1954)
  • Tydaea lindeniana Regel (1868)
  • Tydaea lindenii André (1873), orth. var.

Gloxinella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It only contains one species, Gloxinella lindeniana (Regel) Roalson & Boggan

It is native to Colombia.

The genus name is in honour of Benjamin Peter Gloxin (1765–1794), a German physician and botanical writer. The specific Latin epithet of lindeniana refers to the Luxemburg born botanist Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898).

It was first described and published in Selbyana Vol.25 on page 227 in 2005.

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