Gesneria
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Gesneria''
| image = Gesneria venticosa.jpg
| image_caption = ''Gesneria venticosa''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Gesneriaceae]]
| genus = '''''Gesneria''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Gesneria''''' is a [[genus]] of approximately 50 species in the [[flowering plant]] family [[Gesneriaceae]]. Except for two or three odd [[South American]] species, all are native to islands of the [[Caribbean]]. The genus is classified in the tribe Gesnerieae along with the genera ''[[Bellonia]]'', ''[[Pheidonocarpa]]'', and ''[[Rhytidophyllum]]''. ''Gesneria'' species are usually woody [[shrub]]s or [[subshrub]]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]
[[Category:Gesneriaceae]]
[[Category:Plants named after people]]
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