SINNINGIA COOPERI
Author:
Hans Joachim Wiehler, 1975
Family:
GESNERIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Wiehler. (1975). In: Selbyana 1(1): 32.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
8 Centimetres
Height:
15 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Gesneria cooperi, Paxton, 1834.
Corytholoma cooperi, Voss.
Corytholoma reflexum, Fritsch.
Dircaea blassii, Regel.
Dircaea cooperi, Decne.
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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.
Flower
Red
Soil
Rich
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
