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Kohleria amabilis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Gesneriaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Lamiales

Genus
  
Kohleria

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Similar
  
Kohleria, Capanea, Columnea crassifolia, Nautilocalyx, Diastema

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

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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 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.

    Distribution

    This species is native to Honduras (Mesoamerica) and Colombia.

    References

    Kohleria amabilis Wikipedia
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