Botany

Gloxinella

Gloxinella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It only contains one species, Gloxinella lindeniana (Regel) Roalson & Boggan It is native to Colombia. The genus name is in honour of Benjamin Peter Gloxin (1765–1794), a German physician and botanical writer. The specific Latin epithet of lindeniana refers to the Luxemburg born botanist Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898). It was first described and published in Selbyana Vol.25 on page 227 in 2005.

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• ▸Cymbidium
• ▸Basilica of St. Mary (Alexandria, Virginia)
• ▸Colubrina

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