Gloxinella
| Gloxinella | |
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| Gloxinella lindeniana, the sole member of the genus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Gloxinella (H.E.Moore) Roalson & Boggan |
Gloxinella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It only contains one species, Gloxinella lindeniana (Regel) Roalson & Boggan [1]
The genus name is in honour of Benjamin Peter Gloxin (1765–1794), a German physician and botanical writer.[2] The specific Latin epithet of lindeniana refers to the Luxemburg born botanist Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898).[3]
It was first described and published in Selbyana Vol.25 on page 227 in 2005.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Gloxinella (H.E.Moore) Roalson & Boggan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.