Gesnerioideae

Achimenes is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial herbs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. They have a multitude of common names such as magic flowers, '''widow's tears, Cupid's bower, or hot water plant'''.

Kohleria is a New World genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The plants are generally tropical herbs or subshrubs with velvety stems and foliage and brightly colored flowers with spots or markings in contrasting colors. They are rhizomatous and commonly include a period of dormancy in their growth cycle. The genus was revised in 1992 and was then recognized as having 19 species distributed in Central America and South America. phylogenetic in 2005 indicated that the epiphytic genus Capanea is derived from within Kohleria, and the two species of Capanea were subsequently transferre

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Nematanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. All of its species are endemic to Brazil. Compared to other gesneriads, Nematanthus has leaves that are small, succulent, and hard-surfaced. The plant has a trailing, branching, and spreading habit; it is generally an epiphyte in nature and a hanging-basket plant in cultivation. The flower has fused petals. In some species, the flower has a "pouch" at the bottom. The fancied resemblance of such flowers to a goldfish gives these plants the common name goldfish plant or guppy plant.

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Alloplectus is a genus of Neotropical plants in the family Gesneriaceae. A 2005 revision of the genus included five species, with the majority of species in the genus as traditionally circumscribed being transferred to Crantzia, Glossoloma, and Drymonia. Plants of the World Online currently accepts seven species.

Alsobia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. It contains four species.

Smithiantha, sometimes referred to as temple bells, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, endemic to Mexico, primarily in Oaxaca state.

Crantzia is a plant genus in the family Gesneriaceae. Crantzia species grow in damp or wet forests, mostly on Caribbean islands. Some are epiphytes, others are subshrubs or herbaceous plants with fibrous roots.

Codonanthe is a genus of mainly epiphytic plants in the family Gesneriaceae, endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. The botanical name comes from the Ancient Greek for 'bellflower'. They have white or pale pink flowers and somewhat fleshy leaves. In 2013, the genus was reduced in size when more than half of the species were transferred to Codonanthopsis. They can be grown as houseplants, particularly in hanging baskets. Artificial crosses with Nematanthus hybrids have produced the hybrid genus '× Codonatanthus'''''.

Mitraria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, comprising the sole species Mitraria coccinea (Chilean mitre flower).

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thumb|right|Seemannia sylvatica, yellow-flowered form

Phinaea is a genus of flowering plants in family Gesneriaceae. It contains three species native to the Americas, including western and central Mexico, Cuba and Haiti, and Colombia and northern Brazil.

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

Neomortonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It just contains one species, Neomortonia rosea Wiehler

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

thumb | right | alt=Niphaea oblonga | Niphaea oblonga Niphaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.

Corytoplectus is a genus in the plant family Gesneriaceae. Plants from Corytoplectus are found in Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, southwestern Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, in the cloud-forests of the high cordillera. The genus contains c. 12 species. The genus differs from the closely related Alloplectus in having an erect umbellate inflorescence and berries. The type species is C. capitatus.

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

Rufodorsia is a genus of epiphytic flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. The genus name refers to the reddish back of the upper lobes of the flower. It is native to montane cloud forest in Central America.

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

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

Bellonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Cuba and Hispaniola. They have floral characters suggesting that they are buzz pollinated.

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

Paliavana is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It includes six species native to eastern Brazil.

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

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

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thumb | 220x124px | right | Cremosperma verticillatum Cremosperma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.

Vanhouttea is a genus of flowering plants in the African violet family Gesneriaceae, native to south-eastern Brazil. They are pollinated by hummingbirds.

Depanthus is a genus of shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains two species. It is related to Negria and Fieldia (syn. Lenbrassia).

Amalophyllon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It includes 13 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico through Central America to Venezuela and Peru.

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Coronanthera is a genus of shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae. The genus is found in New Caledonia and Solomon Islands in the Pacific and contains c. 10 species

Paradrymonia is a genus of flowering plants in family Gesneriaceae. It includes 11 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Honduras to Bolivia and northern Brazil. Paradrymonia badia Paradrymonia barbata Paradrymonia buchtienii Paradrymonia campostyla Paradrymonia ciliosa Paradrymonia glabra Paradrymonia longifolia Paradrymonia lutea Paradrymonia tepui Paradrymonia vivianensis Paradrymonia yatua

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Cremospermopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. Species of the genus are native range to Colombia.

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The Gesnerioideae are a subfamily of plants in the family Gesneriaceae: based on the type genus Gesneria. Although genera typically originate in the New World, some species have become widely distributed as ornamental plants.

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Gloxinella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It only contains one species, Gloxinella lindeniana (Regel) Roalson & Boggan

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Sarmienta scandens, the Chilean pitcher flower, is a species of flowering plant, and the sole member of its genus within the family Gesneriaceae. It is an epiphyte native to the cool temperate rainforest of southern and central Chile.

Pheidonocarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It includes a single species, Pheidonocarpa corymbosa, a lithophytic subshrub native to Cuba and Jamaica.

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

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Solenophora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Central America and southern Mexico. Most of its species have limited, local distributions, but Solenophora calycosa is widespread.

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

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

thumb|left|Flower Rhabdothamnus solandri is a small shrub of the family Gesneriaceae endemic to New Zealand. It is the only plant of the genus Rhabdothamnus, and the only member of Gesneriaceae native to New Zealand. Its common names are New Zealand gloxinia and, in the Māori language, , , and .