Gesneriaceae

Family of flowering plants including African violets

Gesneriaceae

Streptocarpus ionanthus (an African violet) - a common household plant and a member of the family
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Gesneriaceae
Rich. & Juss. in DC, nom. cons.[1][2]
Subfamilies

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Haberlea rhodopensis flowers Corytoplectus capitatus is a large plant with fruit that are black berries. Ramonda myconi fruit are dry dehiscent capsules.

Gesneriaceae, the gesneriad family,[3][4] is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 152 genera and ca. 3,540 species[5] in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World (almost all Didymocarpoideae) and the New World (most Gesnerioideae), with a very small number extending to temperate areas. Many species have colorful and showy flowers and are cultivated as ornamental plants.

## Etymology

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The family name is based on the genus Gesneria, which honours Swiss naturalist and humanist Conrad Gessner.[6]

## Description

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Most species are herbaceous perennials or subshrubs but a few are woody shrubs or small trees. The phyllotaxy is usually opposite and decussate, but leaves have a spiral or alternate arrangement in some groups. As with other members of the Lamiales the flowers have a (usually) zygomorphic corolla whose petals are fused into a tube and there is no one character that separates a gesneriad from any other member of Lamiales.[4] Gesneriads differ from related families of the Lamiales in having an unusual inflorescence structure, the "pair-flowered cyme", but some gesneriads lack this characteristic, and some other Lamiales (Calceolariaceae and some Scrophulariaceae) share it. The ovary can be superior, half-inferior or fully inferior, and the fruit a dry or fleshy capsule or a berry. The seeds are always small and numerous. Gesneriaceae have traditionally been separated from Scrophulariaceae by having a unilocular rather than bilocular ovary, with parietal rather than axile placentation.

## Taxonomy

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"Gesneriaceae" is a conserved name (nom. cons.),[2] meaning that although alternative, less well used names for the family were published earlier, the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants specifies this as the name to be used. It was published by Louis Claude Richard and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1816.[1] In 1829, Barthélemy Dumortier divided the family into two tribes, based on the number of stamens.[7] However, the only genus he placed in his two-stamen tribe, Columellia, is now placed in the separate family Columelliaceae.[8] Dumortier's publication has been treated as the first for the family by some sources.[9]

Botanists who have made significant contributions to the systematics of the family are George Bentham, Robert Brown, B.L. Burtt, C.B. Clarke, Olive Mary Hilliard, Joseph Dalton Hooker, William Jackson Hooker, Karl Fritsch, Elmer Drew Merrill, Harold E. Moore Jr., John L. Clark, Conrad Vernon Morton, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Laurence Skog, W.T. Wang, Anton Weber, and Hans Wiehler.[citation needed] The Gesneriad Society is an international horticultural society devoted to the promotion, cultivation, and study of Gesneriaceae.[10]

### Phylogeny

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From about 1997 onwards, molecular phylogenetic studies led to extensive changes in the classification of the family Gesneriaceae and its genera, many of which have been re-circumscribed or synonymized. New species are still being discovered, particularly in Asia, and may further change generic boundaries. A consensus phylogeny used to build classifications of the family in 2013 and 2020 is shown below (to the level of tribes). The family Calceolariaceae is shown as the sister to Gesneriaceae.[11][12]

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Peltanthera

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Calceolariaceae

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Sanangoideae (Sanango)

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Titanotricheae (Titanotrichum)

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Napeantheae (Napeanthus)

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Beslerieae

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Coronanthereae

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Gesnerieae

Didymocarpoideae |

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Epithemateae

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Trichosporeae

A phylogenomic study published in 2021 which used 418 nuclear genes confirmed the monophyly of all the subfamilies and tribes. It resolved Peltanthera as sister to a clade of Calceolariaceae and Gesneriaceae. Within the Gesnerioideae, Napeantheae rather than Titanotricheae was found to be sister to the remaining tribes. The position of Titanotricheae varied according to the method used to build the cladogram, which the authors suggested was due to incomplete lineage sorting following rapid divergence. The phylogenetic position of Titanotrichum remains unsettled.[13]

Concatenation-based | Coalescent-based

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Napeantheae (Napeanthus)

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Titanotricheae (Titanotrichum)

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Beslerieae

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Coronanthereae

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Gesnerieae

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Napeantheae (Napeanthus)

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Beslerieae

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Titanotricheae (Titanotrichum)

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Coronanthereae

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Gesnerieae

The genus Sanango has not always been included in Gesneriaceae. However, molecular phylogenetic studies published up to and including 2021 suggest that it does belong in the family as the most basal member, and it is placed in its own subfamily. The studies also show the genus Peltanthera to be outside the family,[12][13] although some sources still place it within the Gesneriaceae.[14] The genus Rehmannia has also sometimes been included in the family but is now referred to the family Orobanchaceae.[15]

No single morphological feature absolutely divides two main subfamilies (i.e. forms a uniform synapomorphy). Gesnerioideae seedlings have normal cotyledons of the same size and shape (isocotylous). The cotyledons of Didymocarpoideae are usually, but not always, eventually different in size and shape (anisocotylous). One cotyledon ceases to grow and withers away, while the other continues to grow, and may even form a very large leaf that is the only one the plant has (Monophyllaea, some Streptocarpus). Gesnerioideae flowers usually have four fertile stamens, rarely two or five. Didymocarpoideae flowers usually have two fertile stamens, less often four, rarely one or five.[12]

### Subfamilies and genera

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Rhynchoglossum notonianum

On the basis of molecular phylogenetic, morphological and biogeographical differences, the family has been divided into two major subfamilies: subfamily Didymocarpoideae (formerly Cyrtandroideae) with all but one species from the Old World, and subfamily Gesnerioideae native from the Americas west through the Pacific to Australia and southeastern China. The genus Sanango is placed in its own subfamily, Sanangoideae. The two main subfamilies are further divided into tribes and subtribes.[12]

Genera accepted by Plants of the World Online (PoWO) as of August 2024[update] are listed below,[16] together with their placement in a subfamily and tribe by Weber et al. (2020).[12] Three genera are listed by PoWO but not by Weber et al.: Coptocheile Hoffmanns. (now treated as a synonym of Sinningia), Parakohleria Wiehler (now included in Pearcea) and Peltanthera Benth. (excluded from Gesneriaceae by molecular phylogenetic studies).

Gesneriaceae genera  Genus | Subfamily: Tribe

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Achimenes P.Browne | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Aeschynanthus Jack | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Agalmyla Blume | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Allocheilos W.T.Wang | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Alloplectus Mart. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Allostigma W.T.Wang | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Alsobia Hanst. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Amalophyllon Brandegee | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Anetanthus Hiern ex Benth. & Hook.f. | Gesnerioideae: Beslerieae
Anna Pellegr. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Asteranthera Hanst. | Gesnerioideae: Coronanthereae
Beccarinda Kuntze | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Bellonia L. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Besleria Plum. ex L. | Gesnerioideae: Beslerieae
Billolivia D.J.Middleton | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Boea Comm. ex Lam. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Boeica C.B.Clarke | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Bopopia Munzinger & J.R.Morel | Gesnerioideae: Coronanthereae
Bournea Oliv. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Briggsiopsis K.Y.Pan | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Cathayanthe Chun | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Centrosolenia Benth. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Championia Gardner | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Chautemsia A.O.Araujo & V.C.Souza | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Chayamaritia D.J.Middleton & Mich.Möller | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Christopheria J.F.Sm. & J.L.Clark | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Chrysothemis Decne. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Cobananthus Wiehler) | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Codonanthe (Mart.) Hanst. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Codonanthopsis Mansf. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Codonoboea Ridl. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Columnea Plum. ex L. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Conandron Siebold & Zucc. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Corallodiscus Batalin | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Coronanthera Vieill. ex C.B.Clarke | Gesnerioideae: Coronanthereae
Corytoplectus Oerst. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Crantzia Scop. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Cremersia Feuillet & L.E.Skog | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Cremosperma Benth. | Gesnerioideae: Beslerieae
Cremospermopsis L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist | Gesnerioideae: Beslerieae
Cyrtandra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Damrongia Kerr ex Craib | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Depanthus S.Moore | Gesnerioideae: Coronanthereae
Diastema Benth. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Didissandra C.B.Clarke | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Didymocarpus Wall. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Didymostigma W.T.Wang | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Dorcoceras Bunge | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Drymonia Mart. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Emarhendia Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Episcia Mart. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Epithema Blume | Didymocarpoideae: Epithemateae
Eucodonia Hanst. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Fieldia A.Cunn. | Gesnerioideae: Coronanthereae
Gasteranthus Benth. | Gesnerioideae: Beslerieae
Gesneria Plum. ex L. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Glabrella Mich.Möller & W.H.Chen | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Glossoloma Hanst. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Gloxinella (H.E.Moore) Roalson & Boggan | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Gloxinia L'Hér. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Gloxiniopsis Roalson & Boggan | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Goyazia Taub. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
× Goydirola A.O.Araujo & M.Peixoto
(Goyazia × Mandirola) | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Gyrocheilos W.T.Wang | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Gyrogyne W.T.Wang | Didymocarpoideae: Epithemateae
Haberlea Friv. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Hemiboea C.B.Clarke | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Henckelia Spreng. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Heppiella Regel | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Hexatheca C.B.Clarke | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Jerdonia Wight | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Kaisupeea B.L.Burtt | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Kohleria Regel | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Lampadaria Feuillet & L.E.Skog | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Langbiangia Luu, C.L.Hsieh & K.F.Chung | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae: Didymocarpinae
Lembocarpus Leeuwenb. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Lenbrassia G.W.Gillett | Gesnerioideae: Coronanthereae
Leptoboea Benth. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Lesia J.L.Clark & J.F.Sm. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Liebigia Endl. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Litostigma Y.G.Wei, F.Wen & Mich.Möller | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Loxocarpus R.Br. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Loxonia Jack | Didymocarpoideae: Epithemateae
Loxostigma C.B.Clarke | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Lysionotus D.Don | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Mandirola Decne. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Metapetrocosmea W.T.Wang (synonym Deinostigma W.T.Wang & Z.Y.Li) | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Michaelmoelleria F.Wen, Y.G.Wei & T.V.Do | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Microchirita (C.B.Clarke) Yin Z.Wang | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Middletonia C.Puglisi | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Mitraria Cav. | Gesnerioideae: Coronanthereae
Monophyllaea R.Br. | Didymocarpoideae: Epithemateae
Monopyle Moritz ex Benth. & Hook.f. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Moussonia Regel | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Napeanthus Gardner | Gesnerioideae: Napeantheae
Nautilocalyx Linden ex Hanst. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Negria F.Muell. | Gesnerioideae: Coronanthereae
Nematanthus Schrad. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Neomortonia Wiehler | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Niphaea Lindl. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Nomopyle Roalson & Boggan | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Oerstedina Wiehler | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Orchadocarpa Ridl. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Oreocharis Benth. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Ornithoboea C.S.P.Parish ex C.B.Clarke | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Pachycaulos J.L.Clark & J.F.Sm. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Pagothyra (Leeuwenb.) J.F.Sm. & J.L.Clark | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Paliavana Vell. ex Vand. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Paraboea (C.B.Clarke) Ridl. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Paradrymonia Hanst. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Pearcea Regel | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Petrocodon Hance | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Petrocosmea Oliv. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Pheidonocarpa L.E.Skog | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Phinaea Benth. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Platystemma Wall. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Primulina Hance | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Pseudochirita W.T.Wang | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Rachunia D.J.Middleton & C.Puglisi | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Ramonda Rich.
(incl. Jankaea Boiss.) | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Raphiocarpus Chun | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Reldia Wiehler | Gesnerioideae: Beslerieae
Resia H.E.Moore | Gesnerioideae: Beslerieae
Rhabdothamnopsis Hemsl. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Rhabdothamnus A.Cunn. | Gesnerioideae: Coronanthereae
Rhoogeton Leeuwenb. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Rhynchoglossum Blume | Didymocarpoideae: Epithemateae
Rhynchotechum Blume | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Rhytidophyllum Mart. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Ridleyandra A.Weber & B.L.Burtt | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Rufodorsia Wiehler | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Sanango G.S.Bunting & J.A.Duke | Sanangoideae
Sarmienta Ruiz & Pav. | Gesnerioideae: Coronanthereae
Seemannia Regel | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Senyumia Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Sepikea Schltr. | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Shuaria D.A.Neill & J.L.Clark | Gesnerioideae: Beslerieae
Sinningia Nees | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Smithiantha Kuntze | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Solenophora Benth. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Somrania D.J.Middleton | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Spelaeanthus Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Sphaerorrhiza Roalson & Boggan | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Stauranthera Benth. | Didymocarpoideae: Epithemateae
Streptocarpus Lindl.
(incl. Saintpaulia H.Wendl.) | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Tetraphyllum Griff. ex C.B.Clarke
(syn. Tetraphylloides Doweld) | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Titanotrichum Soler. | Gesnerioideae: Titanotricheae
Tribounia D.J.Middleton | Didymocarpoideae: Trichosporeae
Trichodrymonia Oerst. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Tylopsacas Leeuwenb. | Gesnerioideae: Beslerieae
Vanhouttea Lem. | Gesnerioideae: Gesnerieae
Whytockia W.W.Sm. | Didymocarpoideae: Epithemateae

## Ecology

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About half of the New World species (i.e. the subfamily Gesnerioideae) are co-adapted to bird pollination, particularly by hummingbirds in the Americas. Bird-pollinated species typically have two-lipped flowers in shades of red; examples are found in the genera Asteranthera, Columnea and Sinningia. Among Old World genera, Aeschynanthus has similar flowers.[17]

* Typical appearance of bird-pollinated flowers
* Asteranthera ovata

* Columnea microphylla

* Sinningia sceptrum

* Aeschynanthus speciosus

## Cultivation

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Some genera in the family are grown as ornamental plants, both as garden plants and as houseplants. Such genera include: Aeschynanthus, Achimenes, Columnea, Gesneria, Haberlea, Nematanthus (syn. Hypocyrta), Ramonda, and Streptocarpus (Cape primroses, African violets).[17] One of the most familiar members of the family to gardeners are the African violets in Streptocarpus section Saintpaulia. Gesneriads are divided culturally into three groups on the basis of whether, and how, their stems are modified into storage organs: rhizomatous, tuberous, and "fibrous-rooted", meaning those that lack such storage structures (although all gesneriads have fibrous roots).[citation needed]

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## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gesneriaceae.

Wikispecies has information related to Gesneriaceae.

* World Checklist of Gesneriaceae
* Genera of Gesneriaceae
* Gesneriad Reference Web
* Gesneriaceae: A Scientific Overview, by Prof. Anton Weber (on the Gesneriad Reference Web)
* Gesneriaceae in Flora of China
* The Gesneriad Society (formerly the American Gloxinia and Gesneriad Society)
* Annotated Bibliography of the Gesneriaceae
* Phylogenetic relationships in the Gesnerioideae (Gesneriaceae) based on nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnL-F and trnE-T spacer region sequences Archived 2010-06-26 at the Wayback Machine (link to abstract)
* Evolution of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) in the Pacific Ocean: the origin of a supertramp clade
* Weber, A. 2004. Gesneriaceae and Scrophulariaceae: Robert Brown and now. Telopea 10(2): 543-571.
* Gesneriaceae: All you need to know about gesneriads. Archived 2015-02-08 at the Wayback Machine

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Asparagales|

* Orchidaceae
* Boryaceae
* Blandfordiaceae
* Asteliaceae
* Lanariaceae
* Hypoxidaceae
* Doryanthaceae
* Ixioliriaceae
* Tecophilaeaceae
* Iridaceae
* Xeronemataceae
* Asphodelaceae
* Amaryllidaceae
* Asparagaceae

Arecales|

* Dasypogonaceae
* Arecaceae

Commelinales|

* Hanguanaceae
* Commelinaceae
* Philydraceae
* Pontederiaceae
* Haemodoraceae

Zingiberales|

* Strelitziaceae
* Lowiaceae
* Heliconiaceae
* Musaceae
* Cannaceae
* Marantaceae
* Costaceae
* Zingiberaceae

Poales|

* Typhaceae
* Bromeliaceae
* Rapateaceae
* Xyridaceae
* Eriocaulaceae
* Mayacaceae
* Thurniaceae
* Juncaceae
* Cyperaceae
* Restionaceae
* Flagellariaceae
* Joinvilleaceae
* Ecdeiocoleaceae
* Poaceae

Ceratophyllidae|

| Ceratophyllales|

* Ceratophyllaceae

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| Eudicots|

| Buxales|

* Buxaceae

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Proteales|

* Sabiaceae
* Nelumbonaceae
* Platanaceae
* Proteaceae

Ranunculales|

* Eupteleaceae
* Papaveraceae
* Circaeasteraceae
* Lardizabalaceae
* Menispermaceae
* Berberidaceae
* Ranunculaceae

Trochodendrales|

* Trochodendraceae

Dilleniales|

* Dilleniaceae

Gunnerales|

* Myrothamnaceae
* Gunneraceae

Superrosids|

| Saxifragales|

* Peridiscaceae
* Paeoniaceae
* Altingiaceae
* Hamamelidaceae
* Cercidiphyllaceae
* Daphniphyllaceae
* Iteaceae
* Grossulariaceae
* Saxifragaceae
* Crassulaceae
* Aphanopetalaceae
* Tetracarpaeaceae
* Penthoraceae
* Haloragaceae
* Cynomoriaceae

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Rosids|

| Vitales|

* Vitaceae

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| Fabids|

| Cucurbitales|

* Apodanthaceae
* Anisophylleaceae
* Corynocarpaceae
* Coriariaceae
* Cucurbitaceae
* Tetramelaceae
* Datiscaceae
* Begoniaceae

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Fabales|

* Quillajaceae
* Fabaceae
* Surianaceae
* Polygalaceae

Fagales|

* Nothofagaceae
* Fagaceae
* Myricaceae
* Juglandaceae
* Casuarinaceae
* Ticodendraceae
* Betulaceae

Rosales|

* Rosaceae
* Barbeyaceae
* Dirachmaceae
* Elaeagnaceae
* Rhamnaceae
* Ulmaceae
* Cannabaceae
* Moraceae
* Urticaceae

Zygophyllales|

* Krameriaceae
* Zygophyllaceae

Celastrales|

* Lepidobotryaceae
* Celastraceae

Malpighiales|

* Pandaceae
* Irvingiaceae
* Ctenolophonaceae
* Rhizophoraceae
* Erythroxylaceae
* Ochnaceae
* Bonnetiaceae
* Clusiaceae
* Calophyllaceae
* Podostemaceae
* Hypericaceae
* Caryocaraceae
* Lophopyxidaceae
* Putranjivaceae
* Centroplacaceae
* Elatinaceae
* Malpighiaceae
* Balanopaceae
* Trigoniaceae
* Dichapetalaceae
* Euphroniaceae
* Chrysobalanaceae
* Humiriaceae
* Achariaceae
* Violaceae
* Goupiaceae
* Passifloraceae
* Lacistemataceae
* Salicaceae
* Peraceae
* Rafflesiaceae
* Euphorbiaceae
* Linaceae
* Ixonanthaceae
* Picrodendraceae
* Phyllanthaceae

Oxalidales|

* Huaceae
* Connaraceae
* Oxalidaceae
* Cunoniaceae
* Elaeocarpaceae
* Cephalotaceae
* Brunelliaceae

Malvids|

| Brassicales|

* Akaniaceae
* Tropaeolaceae
* Moringaceae
* Caricaceae
* Limnanthaceae
* Setchellanthaceae
* Koeberliniaceae
* Bataceae
* Salvadoraceae
* Emblingiaceae
* Tovariaceae
* Pentadiplandraceae
* Gyrostemonaceae
* Resedaceae
* Capparaceae
* Cleomaceae
* Brassicaceae

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Crossosomatales|

* Aphloiaceae
* Geissolomataceae
* Strasburgeriaceae
* Staphyleaceae
* Guamatelaceae
* Stachyuraceae
* Crossosomataceae

Geraniales|

* Geraniaceae
* Francoaceae

Huerteales|

* Gerrardinaceae
* Petenaeaceae
* Tapisciaceae
* Dipentodontaceae

Malvales|

* Cytinaceae
* Muntingiaceae
* Neuradaceae
* Malvaceae
* Sphaerosepalaceae
* Thymelaeaceae
* Bixaceae
* Cistaceae
* Sarcolaenaceae
* Dipterocarpaceae

Myrtales|

* Combretaceae
* Lythraceae
* Onagraceae
* Vochysiaceae
* Myrtaceae
* Melastomataceae
* Crypteroniaceae
* Alzateaceae
* Penaeaceae

Picramniales|

* Picramniaceae

Sapindales|

* Biebersteiniaceae
* Nitrariaceae
* Kirkiaceae
* Burseraceae
* Anacardiaceae
* Sapindaceae
* Rutaceae
* Simaroubaceae
* Meliaceae

Superasterids|

| Berberidopsidales|

* Aextoxicaceae
* Berberidopsidaceae

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Caryophyllales|

* Frankeniaceae
* Tamaricaceae
* Plumbaginaceae
* Polygonaceae
* Droseraceae
* Nepenthaceae
* Drosophyllaceae
* Dioncophyllaceae
* Ancistrocladaceae
* Rhabdodendraceae
* Simmondsiaceae
* Physenaceae
* Asteropeiaceae
* Macarthuriaceae
* Microteaceae
* Caryophyllaceae
* Achatocarpaceae
* Amaranthaceae
* Stegnospermataceae
* Limeaceae
* Lophiocarpaceae
* Kewaceae
* Barbeuiaceae
* Gisekiaceae
* Aizoaceae
* Phytolaccaceae
* Petiveriaceae
* Sarcobataceae
* Nyctaginaceae
* Molluginaceae
* Montiaceae
* Didiereaceae
* Basellaceae
* Halophytaceae
* Talinaceae
* Portulacaceae
* Anacampserotaceae
* Cactaceae

Santalales|

* Olacaceae
* Opiliaceae
* Balanophoraceae
* Santalaceae
* Misodendraceae
* Schoepfiaceae
* Loranthaceae

Asterids|

| Cornales|

* Nyssaceae
* Hydrostachyaceae
* Hydrangeaceae
* Loasaceae
* Curtisiaceae
* Grubbiaceae
* Cornaceae

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Ericales|

* Balsaminaceae
* Marcgraviaceae
* Tetrameristaceae
* Fouquieriaceae
* Polemoniaceae
* Lecythidaceae
* Sladeniaceae
* Pentaphylacaceae
* Sapotaceae
* Ebenaceae
* Primulaceae
* Theaceae
* Symplocaceae
* Diapensiaceae
* Styracaceae
* Sarraceniaceae
* Roridulaceae
* Actinidiaceae
* Clethraceae
* Cyrillaceae
* Ericaceae
* Mitrastemonaceae

Lamiids|

| Icacinales|

* Oncothecaceae
* Icacinaceae

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Metteniusales|

* Metteniusaceae

Garryales|

* Eucommiaceae
* Garryaceae

Gentianales|

* Rubiaceae
* Gentianaceae
* Loganiaceae
* Gelsemiaceae
* Apocynaceae

Boraginales|

* Boraginaceae

Vahliales|

* Vahliaceae

Solanales|

* Convolvulaceae
* Solanaceae
* Montiniaceae
* Sphenocleaceae
* Hydroleaceae

Lamiales|

* Plocospermataceae
* Carlemanniaceae
* Oleaceae
* Tetrachondraceae
* Calceolariaceae
* Gesneriaceae
* Plantaginaceae
* Scrophulariaceae
* Stilbaceae
* Linderniaceae
* Byblidaceae
* Martyniaceae
* Pedaliaceae
* Acanthaceae
* Bignoniaceae
* Lentibulariaceae
* Schlegeliaceae
* Thomandersiaceae
* Verbenaceae
* Lamiaceae
* Mazaceae
* Phrymaceae
* Paulowniaceae
* Orobanchaceae

Campanulids|

| Apiales|

* Pennantiaceae
* Torricelliaceae
* Griseliniaceae
* Pittosporaceae
* Araliaceae
* Myodocarpaceae
* Apiaceae

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Aquifoliales|

* Stemonuraceae
* Cardiopteridaceae
* Phyllonomaceae
* Helwingiaceae
* Aquifoliaceae

Asterales|

* Rousseaceae
* Campanulaceae
* Pentaphragmataceae
* Stylidiaceae
* Alseuosmiaceae
* Phellinaceae
* Argophyllaceae
* Menyanthaceae
* Goodeniaceae
* Calyceraceae
* Asteraceae

Bruniales|

* Columelliaceae
* Bruniaceae

Dipsacales|

* Adoxaceae
* Caprifoliaceae

Escalloniales|

* Escalloniaceae

Paracryphiales|

* Paracryphiaceae

* Category

Taxon identifiers

Gesneriaceae|

* Wikidata: Q156686
* Wikispecies: Gesneriaceae
* APNI: 54640
* ATRF: Gesneriaceae
* BioLib: 62340
* CoL: 623G4
* EoL: 4423
* EPPO: 1GESF
* FNA: 10368
* FoAO2: Gesneriaceae
* FoC: 10368
* GBIF: 6654
* GRIN: 477
* iNaturalist: 71520
* IPNI: 30000905-2
* IRMNG: 113182
* ITIS: 34085
* NBN: NBNSYS0000160059
* NCBI: 26122
* NZOR: a172f695-e192-4713-b91c-66a96ca07f1d
* Open Tree of Life: 913162
* Paleobiology Database: 55769
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30000905-2
* Tropicos: 42000302
* VicFlora: c6508bda-e13d-433b-bab0-7550ec4040ac
* Watson & Dallwitz: gesneria
* WFO: wfo-7000000247

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