Sinningia [ Sunset Western Garden Book 1995: p606–607] is a genus of in the family Gesneriaceae. It is named after Wilhelm Sinning (1792–1874), a gardener of the Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.[Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ] There are about 65 species of tuberous herbaceous plant perennial plant, all occurring in Central America and South America, with the greatest concentration of species occurring in southern Brazil.
The best-known species, Sinningia speciosa, was originally introduced in cultivation as Gloxinia speciosa and is still commonly known to gardeners and in the horticultural trade as "gloxinia", although this is now considered incorrect. The true genus Gloxinia is distinguished by having scaly rhizomes rather than tubers.
Sinningia species often grow on rocks or cliffs and most are pollinated by hummingbirds or bees but Sinningia brasiliensis is bat-pollinated, and Sinningia tubiflora, with large, powerfully fragrant tubular white flowers, is apparently pollinated by .
Numerous genera, including Corytholoma, Rechsteineria and Lietzia, have been synonymized under Sinningia.[
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==Garden uses and cultivation==
Sinningias are attractive greenhouse plants and houseplants that appeal strongly to gardeners who like to specialize in particular plant groups. The chief environmental needs are warmth, high humidity, suitable soil and good light with shade from strong sun. The soil should be well drained. It should contain a liberal proportion of organic matter, such as leaf mold or peat moss, and enough coarse sand or perlite to ensure good porosity.
The hybrid cultivars 'Empress Purple Spotted'
Species
81 species are accepted.[
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Sinningia aggregata (Ker Gawl.) Wiehler
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Sinningia aghensis Alain Chautems
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Sinningia allagophylla
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Sinningia amambayensis Alain Chautems
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Sinningia araneosa Alain Chautems
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Sinningia barbata (Nees & Mart.) G. Nicholson
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Sinningia bragae
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Sinningia brasiliensis (Regel & E. Schmidt) Wiehler
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Sinningia bulbosa (Ker Gawl.) Wiehler
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Sinningia bullata Alain Chautems & M.Peixoto
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Sinningia calcaria
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Sinningia canastrensis Alain Chautems
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Sinningia canescens (Mart.) Wiehler
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Sinningia carangolensis
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Sinningia cardinalis (Lehm.) H.E.Moore
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Sinningia carolinae (Wawra) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Siebert & Voss
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Sinningia cochlearis (Hook.) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia concinna (Hook. f.) G. Nicholson
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Sinningia conspicua
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Sinningia cooperi (J. Paxton) Wiehler
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Sinningia curtiflora
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Sinningia defoliata
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Sinningia douglasii (Lindl.) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia elatior (Kunth) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia eumorpha H.E. Moore
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Sinningia flammea
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Sinningia ganevii
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Sinningia gerdtiana Alain Chautems
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Sinningia gesnerifolia (Hanst.) Clayberg
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Sinningia gigantifolia Alain Chautems
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Sinningia glazioviana (Fritsch) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia globulosa Alain Chautems & M.Peixoto
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Sinningia guttata Lindl.
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Sinningia harleyi Alain Chautems
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Sinningia hatschbachii Alain Chautems
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Sinningia helioana Alain Chautems & Rossini
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Sinningia helleri Nees
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Sinningia hirsuta (Lindl.) G.Nicholson
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Sinningia hoehnei
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Sinningia iarae Alain Chautems
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Sinningia incarnata (Aubl.) D.L.Denham
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Sinningia insularis (Hoehne) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia kautskyi Alain Chautems
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Sinningia lateritia
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Sinningia leopoldii (Scheidw. ex Planch.) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia leucotricha (Hoehne) H.E.Moore
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Sinningia lindleyi Schauer
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Sinningia lineata (Hjelmq.) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia lutea
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Sinningia macrophylla (Nees & Mart.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Fritsch
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Sinningia macropoda
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Sinningia macrostachya (Lindl.) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia magnifica (Otto & A. Dietr.) Wiehler
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Sinningia mauroana Chautems
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Sinningia micans (Fritsch) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia minima
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Sinningia muscicola Alain Chautems, T.Lopes & M.Peixoto
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Sinningia nivalis Alain Chautems
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Sinningia nordestina Alain Chautems, Baracho & J.A.Siqueira Filho
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Sinningia piresiana (Hoehne) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia polyantha (DC.) Wiehler
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Sinningia punctata
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Sinningia pusilla (Mart.) Baill.
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Sinningia ramboi
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Sinningia reitzii (Hoehne) L.E. Skog
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Sinningia richii Clayberg
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Sinningia rupicola (Mart.) Wiehler
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Sinningia sceptrum (Mart.) Wiehler
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Sinningia schiffneri Fritsch
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Sinningia schomburgkiana
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Sinningia sellovii (Mart.) Wiehler
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Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern
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Sinningia stapelioides
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Sinningia striata (Fritsch) Alain Chautems
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Sinningia sulcata
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Sinningia sulphurea
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Sinningia tuberosa (Mart.) H.E.Moore
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Sinningia tubiflora (Hook.) Fritsch
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Sinningia valsuganensis Alain Chautems
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Sinningia velutina Lindl.
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Sinningia villosa Lindl.
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Sinningia warmingii (Hiern) Alain Chautems
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Boggan, J.K. 1991. 1991. A morphological study and cladistic analysis of Sinningia and associated genera with particular reference to Lembocarpus, Lietzia, Paliavana, and Vanhouttea (Gesneriaceae: Gloxinieae). Thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. ix + 179 pages, 21 figures. Copies
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Perret, M., A. Chautems, R. Spichiger, G. Kite, & V. Savolainen. 2003. Systematics and evolution of tribe Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae): evidence from phylogenetic analyses of six plastid DNA regions and nuclear ncpGS. American Journal of Botany 90(3): 445-460.
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Wiehler, H. 1983. A synopsis of the neotropical Gesneriaceae. Selbyana 6: 1-219.
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Wiehler, H. and A. Chautems. 1995. A reduction of Lietzia to Sinningia. Gesneriana 1(1): 5-7.
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