Gloxinia
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Gloxinia perennis
See also: gloxinia
Translingual
Etymology
Named after German botanist Benjamin Peter Gloxin + -ia. Coined by French botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1789.
Proper noun
Gloxinia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Gesneriaceae – three species of tropical rhizomatous herbs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Gesneriaceae – family; Gesnerioideae - subfamily; Gesnerieae - tribe; Gloxiniinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Gloxinia perennis (Canterbury bells) - type species; Gloxinia alterniflora, Gloxinia erinoides, Gloxinia xanthophylla - other species
References
Gloxinia (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Gloxinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Gloxinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gloxinia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Gloxinia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Gloxinia at USDA Plants database
- Gloxinia at Plants of the World Online
- Gloxinia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Gloxinia at Tropicos
