Kohleria hirsuta(Kunth) Regel

WFO wfo-0000357724 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Kohleria hirsuta, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. a Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-04 / obs. 181753356
Kohleria hirsuta, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. b Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181784286
Kohleria hirsuta, photographed by Manuel Ortiz
fig. c Manuel Ortiz, CC0 1.0 / obs. 142219849
Kohleria hirsuta, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. d GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131272433
Kohleria hirsuta, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. e GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108017461
Kohleria hirsuta, photographed by scaup
fig. f scaup, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181322794
Kohleria hirsuta, photographed by scaup
fig. g scaup, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181388518
Kohleria hirsuta, photographed by Laura Rodríguez
fig. h Laura Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 33667050

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Kohleria hirsuta is native: Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela ColombiaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Kohleria hirsuta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Colombia CLM SOUTHERN AMERICA
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 48 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Brachyloma erianthum (Benth.) Hanst.
  • Brachyloma hirsutum (Kunth) Hanst.
  • Brachyloma karstenianum Hanst.
  • Brachyloma leucomallon Hanst.
  • Brachyloma longiflorum (Kunth) Hanst.
  • Brachyloma longipes (Benth.) Hanst.
  • Brachyloma molle (Kunth) Hanst.
  • Brachyloma moritzianum C.D.Bouché & Hanst.
  • Brachyloma rhodomallon Hanst.
  • Brachyloma rubricaule (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Hanst.
  • Brachyloma ventricosum Hanst.
  • Brachyloma vestitum (Benth.) Hanst.
  • Gesneria eriantha Benth.
  • Gesneria hirsuta Kunth
  • Gesneria longiflora Kunth
  • Gesneria longipes Benth.
  • Gesneria mollis Kunth
  • Gesneria oblongata Paxton
  • Gesneria rubricaulis Kunth & C.D.Bouché
  • Gesneria ventricosa Hort.Berol. ex Hanst.
  • Gesneria vestita Benth.
  • Isoloma erianthum (Benth.) Decne.
  • Isoloma hirsutum (Kunth) Regel
  • Isoloma longiflorum (Kunth) Regel

and 24 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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