Gloxinella

<i>Gloxinella</i>

Gloxinella

Genus of plants

Gloxinella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It only contains one species, Gloxinella lindeniana (Regel) Roalson & Boggan [1]

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It is native to Colombia.[1]

The genus name is in honour of Benjamin Peter Gloxin (1765–1794), a German physician and botanical writer.[2] The specific Latin epithet of lindeniana refers to the Luxemburg born botanist Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898).[3]

It was first described and published in Selbyana Vol.25 on page 227 in 2005.[1]


References

  1. [1]
    "Gloxinella (H.E.Moore) Roalson & Boggan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    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.
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