Gesneria 3700383 197405728 2008-03-11T04:05:59Z Jbening 4936305 {{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]] {{Gesneriaceae-stub}} [[pt:Gesneria]] [[ru:Геснерия]]