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Gesneria
Sign in to saveGesneria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It contains 62 species which 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 shrubs or subshrubs, 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.
Species
Common Name: pak mee
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 130
- With media
- 81
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Collections
- BRIT, NY, US, MO, GH
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Haiti, Cuba, Peru, Caribbean
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gesnerieae
- Image
- Gesneria venticosa.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gesneria
- taxon name
- Gesneria
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Gesneria
- taxon common name
- gesneria
- taxonomic type
- Gesneria humilis
- homonymous taxon
- Gesneria
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Gesneria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It contains 62 species which 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 shrubs or subshrubs, 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gesneria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.