Gloxinia

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Gesnerieae
Subtribus: Gloxiniinae
Genus: Gloxinia
Species: G. alterniflora – G. erinoides – G. major – G. perennis – G. xanthophylla

Name edit

Gloxinia L'Her., 1789.

Typus: G. maculata L'Hér., nom. illeg. = Gloxinia perennis (L.) Fritsch

Synonyms edit

Homotypic
- Anodiscus Benth.
- Escheria Regel, Flora 32: 179, in syn. 1849.
- Eucolum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. 98. 1796.
- Fiebrigia Fritsch
- Koellikeria Regel
- Salisia Regel, Flora 32: 179. 1849, nom. illeg. non Lindl. (1839).

Homonyms

Gloxinia Regel (1851) = Ligeria Decne.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Continental Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northwest
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago
Introduced into:
- Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Suriname

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

L’Héritier de Brutelle, C.L. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew 2: 331.

Additional references edit

Clark J.L., Skog L.E., Boggan J.K. & Ginzbarg, S. 2020. Index to names of New World members of the Gesneriaceae (subfamilies Sanangoideae and Gesnerioideae). Rheedea: Official Journal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy 30(1): 190-256. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.14 PDF Reference page.

Links edit

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Gloxinia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 July 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Gloxinia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 July 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Gloxinia. Published online. Accessed: July 26 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Gloxinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 July 2020.

Vernacular names edit

беларуская: Глаксінія
suomi: Tulikit
Gaeilge: Glocsainia
русский: Глоксиния
svenska: Violgloxinia
українська: Глоксинія
中文: 大岩桐属

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