Kohleria hirsuta
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| At the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Kohleria |
| Species: | K. hirsuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Kohleria hirsuta | |
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Kohleria hirsuta, the woolly kohleria, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, native to northern South America, and introduced to the Dominican Republic.[1][2] In 1993, as its synonym Kohleria eriantha, it gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a hothouse plant, but the award appears to have been recently revoked.[3][4]
Subtaxa[edit]
The following varieties are accepted:[1]
- Kohleria hirsuta var. hirsuta
- Kohleria hirsuta var. longipes (Benth.) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Kohleria hirsuta (Kunth) Regel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Kohleria hirsuta woolly kohleria". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
Synonyms; Kohleria eriantha
- ^ "Warm conservatory and greenhouse plants". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Kohleria eriantha woolly-flowered tree gloxinia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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