Gloxinia perennis

Gloxinia perennis
Flowers of Gloxinia perennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Gloxinia
Species:
G. perennis
Binomial name
Gloxinia perennis
(L.) Fritsch, 1894
Synonyms
  • Escheria gloxiniaeflora Regel
  • Eucolum crassifolium Salisb.
  • Gloxinia bicolor Poepp. ex Hanst.
  • Gloxinia heterophylla Poepp.
  • Gloxinia maculata L'Hér.
  • Gloxinia pallidiflora Hook.
  • Gloxinia suaveolens Decne.
  • Gloxinia trichantha Miq.
  • Gloxinia trichotoma Moench
  • Martynia perennis L.
  • Salisia gloxiniiflora Regel
  • Salisia maculata (L'Hér.) Regel
  • Salisia pallidiflora (Hook.) Regel
  • Salisia suaveolens (Decne.) Regel

Gloxinia perennis is a species of tropical rhizomatous herbaceous flowering plant belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It is sometimes known as "Canterbury bells" (not to be confused with members of the genus Campanula, which go by the same name).

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