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Monotypic Gesneriaceae genera

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Mitraria
Mitraria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, comprising the sole species Mitraria coccinea (Chilean mitre flower).
Neomortonia
Neomortonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It just contains one species, Neomortonia rosea Wiehler
Haberlea
Gyrogyne
Gyrogyne is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.
Fieldia
genus of plants
Conandron
Conandron ramondioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is the sole species in genus Conandron. It is native to eastern Asia, where it is found in southeastern China, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is on damp rock faces, in forests and along streamsides. It is a common species in Japan.
Gloxinella
Gloxinella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It only contains one species, Gloxinella lindeniana (Regel) Roalson & Boggan
Championia
Championia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It contains a single species, Championia reticulata, a subshrub native to the humid lowland and montane rain forests of southwestern and central Sri Lanka.
Lembocarpus
Lembocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.
Gloxiniopsis
Gloxiniopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.
Rhabdothamnopsis
Rhabdothamnopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It contains a single species, Rhabdothamnopsis sinensis, a subshrub native to western and southwestern Sichuan, northern and central Yunnan, and western Guizhou in south-central China.
Sarmienta
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.
Platystemma
Platystemma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.
Pheidonocarpa
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.
Allostigma
Allostigma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It contains a single species, Allostigma guangxiense, a shubshrub native to southwestern Guanxi province in southern China.
Orchadocarpa
Orchadocarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It contains a single species, Orchadocarpa lilacina, a lithophyte native to the Titiwangsa Range on the Malay Peninsula.
Titanotrichum
Titanotrichum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.
Asteranthera
Asteranthera is a monotypic plant genus in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the humid temperate forests of Argentina and Chile. The sole species in the genus, Asteranthera ovata, is an evergreen scrambling vine. The plant has small rounded leaves with scalloped margins. The flowers are tubular and two-lipped, red with white markings. It blooms in the summer and can be grown as a climber or ground cover.
Sepikea
Sepikea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.
Tylopsacas
Tylopsacas is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.
Cobananthus
Cobananthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, with a single species Cobananthus calochlamys. It is a subshrub native to southern Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala. It is sometimes included in the genus Alloplectus, but molecular phylogenetic studies suggest that the two genera are not closely related, with Cobananthus more closely related to Alsobia.
Rhabdothamnus
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 .
Chautemsia
Chautemsia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It includes a single species, Chautemsia calcicola, which is native to Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil.
Negria
Negria is a plant genus in the family Gesneriaceae. Its only species is Negria rhabdothamnoides, commonly known as the pumpkin tree. It is related to Fieldia (syn. Lenbrassia) and Depanthus.
Lenbrassia
Lenbrassia australiana, synonym Fieldia australiana, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is the sole species in genus Lenbrassia. It is a small tree native to the tropical rainforests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia.
Lampadaria
Lampadaria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.
Briggsiopsis
Briggsiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It contains only one known species, Briggsiopsis delavayi.
Sanango
Sanango is a genus of flowering plants containing a single species, Sanango racemosum. It is a shrub or tree native to Ecuador and Peru.
Rachunia
Rachunia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.