Taxon:  Kohleria spicata (Kunth) Oerst.



Summary
Genus:
Kohleria
Family:
Gesneriaceae
Subfamily:
Gesnerioideae
Tribe:
Gesnerieae
Subtribe:
Gloxiniinae
Nomen number:
21243
Place of publication:
Centralamer. Gesner. 27.  1858
Verified:
02/04/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Gesneria spicata Kunth

Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)
Fruit

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  2. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  3. Forero, E. & A. H. Gentry. 1989. Lista anotada de las plantas del Departamento del Choco, Colombia. Biblioteca Jose Jeronimo Triana no. 10, Bogota
  4. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  5. Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
  6. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Spanish (Colombia)caracola  2Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaMérida Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaAntioquia Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaHuila Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaMagdalena Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaTolima Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaValle del Cauca Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorMorona Santiago Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPastaza Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPichincha Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorTungurahua Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCajamarca Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela [Mérida]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia [Antioquia, Huila, Magdalena, Tolima, Valle del Cauca], Ecuador [Morona Santiago, Pastaza, Pichincha, Tungurahua], Peru [Cajamarca]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Kvist, L. P. & L. E. Skog. 1992. Revision of Kohleria (Gesneriaceae). Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 79:60-63.
  2. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21243. Accessed 12 May 2026.