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sinningia|sɪˈnɪŋgɪə|
[mod.L. (C. G. Nees von Esenbeck 1825, in Ann. Sci. Nat. VI. 296), f. the name of Wilhelm Sinning (1794–1874), German botanist + -ia1.]
A hairy herbaceous plant of the genus so called, belonging to the family Gesneriaceæ, native to Brazil, and bearing bell-shaped flowers.
Sinningia speciosa is the parent of many varieties commonly known as gloxinias.
1826Bot. Reg. XII. 997 (heading) Green Brazilian Sinningia. 1902L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. IV. 1670/2 The Sinningias are little known horticulturally. 1936E. Sitwell Victoria of England xix. 226 Flowers from the Queen's hothouses at Osborne—the lyonia with its waxlike bells.., the velvety sinningia with dark leaves. 1979Homes & Gardens Feb. 25/1 Gloxinias, or sinningias as they are now called, are old favourites as house and cottage plants. |