Gloxinia

See also: gloxinia

Translingual

Gloxinia perennis

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

1. 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