Gloxinella

Gloxinella
Gloxinella lindeniana, the sole member of the genus
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
  • 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 [2]

It is native to Colombia.[2]

The genus name is in honour of Benjamin Peter Gloxin (1765–1794), a German physician and botanical writer.[3] The specific Latin epithet of lindeniana refers to the Luxemburg born botanist Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898).[4]

It was first described and published in Selbyana Vol.25 on page 227 in 2005.[2]

  1. ^ Gloxinella lindeniana (Regel) Roalson & Boggan. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Gloxinella (H.E.Moore) Roalson & Boggan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.