Sinningia

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Sinningia

a genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs of the family Gesneriaceae. The plants have well-developed tubers and downy leaves. The flowers are usually large and pentamer-ous, and they have a bright bell-shaped corolla. There are approximately 15 species, distributed in South America. The gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa) and several other species have been used to create many varieties with a multicolored double corolla. Hybrids are raised in greenhouses and as houseplants; they flower in April and May and are easily propagated by seeds, tubers, or leaf cuttings.

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Karchevskii, N. N. Dekorativnye oranzhereinye kul’tury. Moscow, 1959.
Schulz, P. Gloxinias, and How to Grow Them. New York, 1953. [23–1249–]

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