Author: | Hans
Joachim Wiehler,
1975 |
Family: |
GESNERIACEAE |
Origin: |
S, SE Brazil |
Soil: |
Rich |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
8
Centimetres |
Height: |
15
Centimetres |
Flower:
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Red |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
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- |
Synonyms: |
Gesneria cooperi, Paxton, 1834.
Corytholoma cooperi, Voss.
Corytholoma reflexum, Fritsch.
Dircaea blassii, Regel.
Dircaea cooperi, Decne.
Dircaea lateritia, Decne.
Dircaea reflexa, Decne.
Gesneria blassii, Regel.
Gesneria bulbosa var. cooperi, Klotzsch.
Gesneria cooperiana, Lehm.
Gesneria coruscans, Paxton.
Gesneria hookeri, Hanst.
Gesneria reflexa, Knowles & Westc.
Rechsteineria blassii, Kuntze.
Rechsteineria cooperi, Kuntze.
Rechsteineria corruscans, Kuntze.
Rechsteineria hookeri, Kuntze.
Rechsteineria reflexa, Kuntze. |
This member of the Gesneriaceae
family was
given this name
by Hans Joachim Wiehler in 1975. It is found in
south and south-eastern Brazil,
growing in a rich soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow up
to eight centimetres in diameter and the whole plant will raise for
up to fifteen centimetres. The flowers are red.
The genera is named after
Wilhelm Sinning,1792–1874, a gardener of the Botanische Gärten der
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. The species name in honour of
Daniel Cooper 1817-1842, British botanist.
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