Kohleria amabilis

Kohleria amabilis
Flowers of Kohleria amabilis var. bogotensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Lamiales
Family:Gesneriaceae
Genus:Kohleria
Species: K. amabilis
Binomial name
Kohleria amabilis
(Planch. & Linden) Fritsch

Kohleria amabilis, the tree gloxinia, is a species of the flowering plant belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.

Synonyms

  • Achimenes amabilis (Planch. & Linden) Van Houtte [1][2]
  • Achimenes picta Benth.
  • Diastema pictum (Benth.) Walp.
  • Isoloma amabile (Planch. & Linden) hort. ex Bellair & St.-Lég.
  • Isoloma amabilis (Planch. & Linden) Bellair & St.-Lég.
  • Isoloma bogotense var. amabile (Planch. & Linden) Voss
  • Tydaea amabilis Planch. & Linden
  • Tydaea ceciliae André
  • Tydaea venosa hort. ex Lesc.

Varieties

  • Kohleria amabilis var. amabilis
  • Kohleria amabilis var. bogotensis (syn. K. bogotensis) (G. Nicholson) L.P. Kvist & L.E. Skog [3]

Description

Plant of Kohleria amabilis var. bogotensis

Kohleria amabilis can reach a height of 60 centimetres (24 in). Leaves have a silvery pattern and are egg-shaped, velvety, 10–10.5 centimetres (3.9–4.1 in) long. The brightly colored flowers are about 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long, tubular, slightly nodding, usually pink on the outside with red or purple dots inside. Kohleria amabilis var. bogotensis has dark green leaves and yellow and red-orange flowers. Flowering period extends from late winter through the spring and summer. These tropical plants are rhizomatous and have a period of seasonal leafless dormancy.[4][5]

Distribution

This species is native to Honduras (Mesoamerica) and Colombia.[3][6]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. 1 2 "Kohleria amabilis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Wisegeek
  5. ↑ Gesnerias society
  6. ↑ Inaturalist
  • Kvist, L.P. & L.E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 79: 1-83.
  • H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b):178. 1894


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