- Gesneria
image_caption = "Gesneria venticosa"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Lamiales
familia =Gesneriaceae
genus = "Gesneria" L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Gesneria" is a
genus of approximately 50 species in theflowering plant familyGesneriaceae . Except for two or three oddSouth American species, all are native to islands of theCaribbean . The genus is classified in the tribe Gesnerieae along with the genera "Bellonia ", "Pheidonocarpa ", and "Rhytidophyllum ". "Gesneria" species are usually woodyshrub s orsubshrub s, and (with the closely related "Rhytidophyllum ") are unusual in the family in having alternately (rather than decussately) arranged leaves. A complete list of the accepted species and their synonyms can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae.The genus name honors
Conrad Gessner .;Selected species
*"Gesneria acaulis "
*"Gesneria christii "
*"Gesneria citrina "
*"Gesneria cuneifolia "
*"Gesneria humilis "
*"Gesneria pedicellaris "
*"Gesneria pedunculosa "
*"Gesneria reticulata "
*"Gesneria ventricosa "External links
* [http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/pdf/scb-0029h.pdf Skog, L.E. 1976. A Study of the Tribe Gesnerieae, with a Revision of Gesneria (Gesneriaceae: Gesnerioideae). "Smithsonian Contr. Bot". 29: 1-182 (pdf file).]
* [http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at/genera/gesneria_sstr.htm "Gesneria"] from [http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at The Genera of Gesneriaceae]
* [http://gesneriads.ca/gengesne.htm "Gesneria"] from [http://www.gesneriads.ca The Gesneriad Reference Web]
* [http://persoon.si.edu/gesneriaceae/checklist World Checklist of Gesneriaceae]
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