Gesneriaceae
Haberlea rhodopensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Gesneriaceae Dumortier
Genera
See text. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 106 KB) Name Haberlea rhodopensis Family Gesneriaceae Image no. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families See text The Order Lamiales is a taxon in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ... Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797 - 1878) was a Belgian politician and botanist. ...

Gesneriaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of ca. 150 genera and ca. 3200 species in the Old World and New World tropics and subtropics, with a very small number extending to temperate areas. Most species are perennial herbs or subshrubs but a few are woody shrubs or small trees. On the basis of both morphological and biogeographical differences the family is divided into two major subfamilies: subfamily Cyrtandroideae in the Old World and subfamily Gesnerioideae in the New World. The biggest and most widespread genus is Cyrtandra, with about 600 species widely distributed in Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the islands of the Pacific as far away as the Hawaiian Islands. In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia), plus surrounding islands. ... Frontispiece of Peter Martyr dAnghieras De orbe novo (On the New World). Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, 1722. ... Herbs: basil Herbs (IPA: hə()b, or əb; see pronunciation differences) are plants grown for any purpose other than food, wood or beauty. ... A subshrub (Latin suffrutex) is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody perennial plant, distinguished from a shrub by variously its ground-hugging stems and lower height, with overwintering perennial woody growth typically less than 10-20 cm tall, or by being only weakly woody and/or only... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia), plus surrounding islands. ... Frontispiece of Peter Martyr dAnghieras De orbe novo (On the New World). Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, 1722. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... Map of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of islands that stretches 2,400 km in a northwesterly direction from the southern tip of the Island of Hawai‘i. ...

Several genera in the family have become popular as houseplants. The most familiar members of the family to gardeners are the African Violets in the genus Saintpaulia. Gesneriads are divided culturally into three groups on the basis of whether, and how, their stems are modified into storage organs: rhizomatous, tuberous, and "fibrous-rooted", meaning those that lack such storage structures (although all gesneriads have fibrous roots). The African violet (Saintpaulia) is of the Gesneriaceae family. ... Species Saintpaulia brevipilosa Saintpaulia confusa Saintpaulia dificilis Saintpaulia diplotricha Saintpaulia goetzeana Saintpaulia grandifolia Saintpaulia groetii Saintpaulia inconspicua Saintpaulia intermedia Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia magungensis Saintpaulia nitida Saintpaulia orbicularis Saintpaulia pendula Saintpaulia pusilla Saintpaulia rupicola Saintpaulia shumensis Saintpaulia teitensis Saintpaulia tongwensis Saintpaulia velutina Saintpaulia is a genus of 20 species of herbaceous... Ginger rhizome A rhizome is, in botany, a usually underground, horizontal stem of a plant that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. ... Articles with similar titles include benign tumours such as tuberous sclerosis. ...

The genus Rehmannia has sometimes been included in Gesneriaceae but is now referred to the family Scrophulariaceae. Species See text. ... Genera See text. ...

Botanists who have made significant contributions to the systematics of the family are George Bentham, Robert Brown, B.L. Burtt, C.B. Clarke, Olive M. Hilliard, Joseph Dalton Hooker, William Jackson Hooker, Karl Fritsch, Elmer Drew Merrill, Harold E. Moore, Jr., Conrad Vernon Morton, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Laurence Skog, W.T. Wang, Anton Weber, and Hans Wiehler. Several researchers are currently working on this group and the generic classification has been changing rapidly. George Bentham George Bentham (September 22, 1800 – September 10, 1884) was an English botanist, perhaps the greatest systematic botanist of the 19th century. ... Robert Brown can refer to: Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet, of Westminster (died 1760), British Member of Parliament Robert (Bob) Brown (born 1944), Australian Greens senator Robert Brown (Australian Labor politician), Australian politician from 1978 to 1998 Robert Brown (Australian Shooters Party politician), Australian politician since 2006 Robert Brown (English... Joseph Dalton Hooker Joseph Dalton Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, GCSI, OM, FRS, MD (June 30, 1817 – December 10, 1911) was an English botanist and traveller. ... Sir William Jackson Hooker (July 6, 1785 - August 12, 1865) was an English botanist. ... Karl Fritsch can refer to: Karl Fritsch (1864-1934), Austrian botanist Karl Fritzsch (1903 - 1945), German Nazi and commander of Flossenbürg concentration camp Category: ... Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist. ... Henry Nicholas Ridley (December 10, 1855 - October 24, 1956) was an English botanist. ... Laurence Edgar Skog (born April 9, 1943) is an American botanist who specializes on the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. ... Hans Joachim Wiehler (1930-2003) was a Prussian-born American botanist who specialized in the plant family Gesneriaceae. ...

The family name is based on the genus Gesneria, which honors Swiss humanist Conrad Gessner. Humanism[1] is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appeal to universal human qualities—particularly rationalism. ... Conrad Gessner (Konrad Gessner, Conrad von Gesner, Conradus Gesnerus) (26 March 1516-13 December 1565) was a Swiss naturalist. ...

Selected genera

Species See text. ... Species See text Aeschynanthus is a genus of tropical herbs known as Lipstick plants. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Anodiscus xanthophyllus (Poepp. ... Type Species Besleria lutea L. Sp. ... Capanea is a genus of two species in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. ... Chirita is an Old World genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. ... Columnea is commonly known as the Goldfish Plant or the Flying Goldfish Plant. ... Episcia is genus of tropical plants from West Indies and Central America, belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. ... Gasteranthus is a genus of 35 species of herbs and soft-stemmed subshrubs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. ... Species See text. ... Species See text. ... Koellikeria is a genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. ... Species See text. ... Species See text Mitraria is a genus of plants. ... Nematanthus is a genus of flowering plants of the family Gesneriaceae. ... Species See text. ... Species Saintpaulia brevipilosa Saintpaulia confusa Saintpaulia dificilis Saintpaulia diplotricha Saintpaulia goetzeana Saintpaulia grandifolia Saintpaulia groetii Saintpaulia inconspicua Saintpaulia intermedia Saintpaulia ionantha Saintpaulia magungensis Saintpaulia nitida Saintpaulia orbicularis Saintpaulia pendula Saintpaulia pusilla Saintpaulia rupicola Saintpaulia shumensis Saintpaulia teitensis Saintpaulia tongwensis Saintpaulia velutina Saintpaulia is a genus of 20 species of herbaceous... Species See text. ... Species See text. ... Species See text Streptocarpus is a genus of herbaceous plants in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae, closely related to the genus Saintpaulia. ...

External links

• World Checklist of Gesneriaceae
• Genera of Gesneriaceae
• Gesneriad Reference Web
• Gesneriaceae: A Scientific Overview, by Prof. Anton Weber (on the Gesneriad Reference Web)
• The Gesneriad Society (formerly the American Gloxinia and Gesneriad Society)
• Annotated Bibliography of the Gesneriaceae
• Phylogenetic relationships in the Gesnerioideae (Gesneriaceae) based on nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnL-F and trnE-T spacer region sequences (link to abstract)
• Evolution of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) in the Pacific Ocean: the origin of a supertramp clade
• Weber, A. 2004. Gesneriaceae and Scrophulariaceae: Robert Brown and now. Telopea 10(2): 543-571.