Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sinningia speciosa
gloxinia, siningia, florist's gloxinia, violet Slipper gloxinia
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Scrophulariales
Family
Gesneriaceae
Genus
Sinningia
Species
speciosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2000
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Mora, M. Clark, J. (2016) Molecular Phylogeny of the Neotropical Genus Paradrymonia (Gesneriaceae), Reexamination of Generic Concepts and the Resurrection of Trichodrymonia and Centrosolenia The American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Systematic Botany (2016), 41(1). 1-24.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sinningia speciosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2081. Accessed 4 November 2026.