The Gloxinia

The garden Gloxinia is commonly regarded as a form of Sinningia speciosa. However, while this species in its various forms was certainly the foundation stock, other species have also contributed: guttata, helleri (as velutina), gigantifolia, villosa and probably others.

Bibliography

• Sinningiana Youngeana
• Maund: Mrs. Lawrence's G. speciosa; G. speciosa-caulescens
• Mountjoy: Gloxinia hybrids (1844)
• Gloxinia Passinghamii (1846)
• Carton: Gloxinia Cartonii (1848)
• Gesnera Donckelaariana (1853)
• Fyfe: Gloxinia Fyfiana (1879)
• Douglas: Gloxinia (1890)
• Duval: Gloxinias and their artificial fertilisation (1900)
• Beaton: Progress of Cross-breeding among Florists' Flowers (1862)
• Beaton: Process of Fertilisation (1862)

Related Hybrids

• The other Gloxinera x gesneriodes
• Sinningia x ornata
• Sinningia x pronopes
• Campbell: Digitalis ambigua x Gloxinia speciosa ? (1835)