''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.
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
''Pearcea'' is a genus of tropical herbaceous plants in the family Gesneriaceae native to western South America. It is classified in tribe Gloxinieae and is closely related to the genus ''Kohleria'', in which some of its species were previously i ...
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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
hybrids were lavishly illustrated in horticultural magazines such as Curtis's Botanical Magazine under the discarded or erroneous names of ''
Achimenes'', ''
Gesneria'', ''
Isoloma'', ''
Sciadocalyx'', and ''
Tydaea''. These species and hybrids almost entirely disappeared in the early 20th century, and
plant breeders have only recently begun to work extensively with this genus again.
Several species are widespread, variable, weedy, and tend to hybridize in the wild, and numerous names have been described that are synonyms of other species or are hybrid taxa.
Selected species and varieties
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Plants of the World Online
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accepted the following species:
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Kohleria affinis''
(Fritsch) Roalson & Boggan (syn. ''Capanea affinis'')
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Kohleria allenii''
Standl. & L.O.Williams
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Kohleria amabilis''
(Planch. & Linden) Fritsch
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Kohleria anisophylla''
(Fritsch) Wiehler
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Kohleria bella''
C.V.Morton
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Kohleria diastemoides''
L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
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''Kohleria'' × ''gigantea'' (Planch.) Fritsch
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Kohleria grandiflora''
L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
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Kohleria hirsuta''
(Kunth) Regel
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Kohleria hondensis''
(Kunth) Regel
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Kohleria hypertrichosa''
J.L.Clark & L.E.Skog
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Kohleria inaequalis''
(Benth.) Wiehler
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Kohleria longicalyx''
L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
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Kohleria neglecta
''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 ...
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L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
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Kohleria peruviana
''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 ...
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Fritsch
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Kohleria rugata''
(Scheidw.) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
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Kohleria spicata
''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 ...
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(Kunth) Oerst.
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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 ...
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Fritsch
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Kohleria tigridia
''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 ...
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(Ohlend.) Roalson & Boggan (syn. ''Capanea grandiflora'')
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Kohleria trianae
''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 ...
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(Regel) Hanst.
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Kohleria tubiflora
''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 ...
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(Cav.) Hanst.
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Kohleria villosa
''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 ...
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(Fritsch) Wiehler
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Kohleria warszewiczii
''Kohleria warszewiczii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Colombia. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit
The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award ...
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(Regel) Hanst. –
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Cultivation
Their showy flowers and ease of culture have made them popular with growers of indoor
houseplants. Numerous species and hybrids are now in cultivation, some with patterned or variegated foliage as well as vivid flowers. They are easily propagated by both stem cuttings and division of the rhizomes.
References and external links
*Kvist, L.P. & L.E. Skog. 1992. Revision of ''Kohleria'' (Gesneriaceae). ''Smithsonian Contributions to Botany'' 79: 1-83
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Gesnerioideae
Gesneriaceae genera
Taxa named by Eduard August von Regel