Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae)

Abstract

The genus Kohleria (Gloxinieae) ranges from Mexico to Peru and E to Suriname and from sea level to 2500m altitude. About 100 species have been described in Kohleria, but only 17 are here recognized. Fourteen species occur in Colombia, with nine being endemic to this country. Eleven Kohleria species occur in exposed, disturbed habitats along rivers, roads, etc. The remaining species are found in shaded, humid forest understory. Ecological factors, such as phenology, flowers and pollination, fruits and dispersal, and phytogeography are described and distributions are mapped. -from Authors