Koellikeria

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Koellikeria
Species: K. erinoides
Binomial name
Koellikeria erinoides

Koellikeria is a genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The single species, K. erinoides, occurs from Costa Rica to Bolivia. This diminutive plant is notable for having tiny but distinctly coconut-scented flowers and is occasionally cultivated as a houseplant. It has recently been transferred to the genus Gloxinia as Gloxinia erinoides.