| Common Names - Gesneria Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Rich. & Juss. ex DC. | Total Number of genera - 150 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 3200 |
| Plant forms - Tree/Shrub/Liane/Herb | |
| World Distribution - Tropical areas, esp. Old World, China | |
| Comments - Several molecular systematic studies have shown that Gesneriaceae are not closely related to any other family of the Lamiales Usually herbs, sometimes shrubs or lianes, rarely trees Old World and New World tropics and subtropics, with a very small number extending to temperate areas. Many species have colorful and showy flowers | |
| 1 - Aeschynanthus. 2 - Alloplectus. 3 - Besleria. 4 - Campanea. 5 - Collumnea. 6 - Cyrtandra. 7 - Drymonia. 8 - Gesneria. 9 - Rhynchotechum. 10 - Rhytidophyllum. 11 - Sanango. 12 - Tussacia. |