Kohleria amabilis explained

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

Synonyms

• Achimenes amabilis (Planch. & Linden) Van Houtte ^{[1] [2]}
• 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, 10- long. The brightly colored flowers are about 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.^[3]

Distribution

This species is native to Honduras (Mesoamerica) and Colombia.^[4]

References

• Kvist, L.P. & L.E. Skog. 1992. http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/pdf_hi/sctb-0079.pdf Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 79: 1-83.
• H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b):178. 1894

External links

• Kohleria bogotensis
• Plantillustrations
• Encyclopedia of Life

Notes and References

1. http://tropicos.org/Name/50081201?tab=synonyms Tropicos
2. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2336309 The Plant List
3. http://www.wisegeek.net/what-is-kohleria.htm Wisegeek
4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/327863-Kohleria-amabilis Inaturalist