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Kohleria Stuebeliana
''Kohleria'' is a New World genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The plants are generally tropical herbs or subshrubs with velvety stems and foliage and brightly colored flowers with spots or markings in contrasting colors. They are rhizomatous and commonly include a period of dormancy in their growth cycle. The genus was revised in 1992 and was then recognized as having 19 species distributed in Central America and South America. Phylogenetics, phylogenetic in 2005 indicated that the epiphytic genus ''Capanea'' is derived from within ''Kohleria'', and the two species of ''Capanea'' were subsequently transferred to ''Kohleria''. The genus ''Pearcea'' is closely related. Because of their colorful and exotically patterned flowers, as well as a general interest in the many tropical flowering plants that were being introduced from the Americas, kohlerias were very popular in England and Europe in the 19th century. Many species and Hybrid (biology), hybrids were lavishly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohleria Amabilis
''Kohleria amabilis'', the tree gloxinia, is a species of the flowering plant belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. Synonyms * ''Achimenes amabilis'' (Planch. & Linden) Van Houtte * ''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 Description ''Kohleria amabilis'' can reach a height of . Leaves have a silvery pattern and are egg-shaped, velvety, long. The brightly colored flowers are about long, tubular, slightly nodding, usually pink on the outside with red or purple dots inside. ''Kohl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |