Gloxinella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.

It only contains one species, Gloxinella lindeniana (Regel) Roalson & Boggan [2] It is native to Colombia.

[2] The genus name is in honour of Benjamin Peter Gloxin (1765–1794), a German physician and botanical writer.

[3] The specific Latin epithet of lindeniana refers to the Luxemburg born botanist Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898).

[4] It was first described and published in Selbyana Vol.25 on page 227 in 2005.