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Gloxinia is a small genus of three tropical rhizomatous herbs from the African violet family, mainly from the Andes, best known in cultivation as the bell-flowered gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa, often sold under the gloxinia name). Grow it bright and warm with even moisture, and let the tuber rest in winter.
Gloxinia is a genus containing three species of tropical rhizomatous herbs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The species are primarily found in the Andes of South America, but Gloxinia perennis is also found in Central America and the West Indies, where it has probably escaped from cultivation.
Gloxinia perennis is the original (type) species of the genus, and for much of its history the genus consisted of only G. perennis and a very small number of other species. The classification of Gloxinia later changed to reflect the 1976 classification of Hans Wiehler, who took a broader view of the genus. A recent analysis of Gloxinia and related genera based on molecular and morphological work has determined that Wiehler's circumscription of the genus was unnatural, both phylogenetically and morphologically.
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