Biology:Kohleria hirsuta
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Kohleria
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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 (Kunth) Regel
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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
The following varieties are accepted:[1]
- Kohleria hirsuta var. hirsuta
- Kohleria hirsuta var. longipes (Benth.) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kohleria hirsuta (Kunth) Regel". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:381572-1.
- ↑ "Kohleria hirsuta woolly kohleria". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/85947/Kohleria-hirsuta/Details. "Synonyms; Kohleria eriantha"
- ↑ "Warm conservatory and greenhouse plants". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=968.
- ↑ "Kohleria eriantha woolly-flowered tree gloxinia". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/9779/i-Kohleria-eriantha-i/Details.
Wikidata ☰ Q15500053 entry
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