Gloxinia

== Translingual == === Etymology === Named after German botanist Benjamin Peter Gloxin +‎ -ia. Coined by French botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1789. === Proper noun === Gloxinia f A taxonomic genus within the family Gesneriaceae – three species of tropical rhizomatous herbs, native to the Andes. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Gesneriaceae – family; Gesnerioideae – subfamily; Gesnerieae – tribe; Gloxiniinae – subtribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Gloxinia perennis (Canterbury bells) – type species; Gloxinia alterniflora, Gloxinia erinoides, Gloxinia xanthophylla – other species === References === Gloxinia (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Gloxinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Gloxinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Gloxinia at National Center for Biotechnology Information Gloxinia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Gloxinia at USDA Plants database Gloxinia at Plants of the World Online Gloxinia at Germplasm Resources Information Network Gloxinia at Tropicos