Kohleria amabilis

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

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

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]

Distribution

This species is native to Honduras (Mesoamerica) and Colombia.[3][5]

References
  1. Tropicos
  2. The Plant List
  3. "Kohleria amabilis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. Wisegeek
  5. 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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