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'''''Gesneria''''' is a [[genus]] of approximately 50 species in the [[flowering plant]] family [[Gesneriaceae]]. Except for two or three odd [[South American]] species, all 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 [[shrub]]s or [[subshrub]]s, 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.
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Gesneria (Conrad Gesner, Zurich, 1516-1565, celebrated naturalist, and considered to be the originator of the idea of genus in taxonomy). Gesneriaceae. Greenhouse and hothouse plants with showy tubular flowers. Sometimes written Gesnera.
Gesneria (Conrad Gesner, Zurich, 1516-1565, celebrated naturalist, and considered to be the originator of the idea of genus in taxonomy). Gesneriaceae. Greenhouse and hothouse plants with showy tubular flowers. Sometimes written Gesnera.
==Species==
==Species==
;Selected species
*''[[Gesneria acaulis]]''
*''[[Gesneria christii]]''
*''[[Gesneria citrina]]''
*''[[Gesneria cuneifolia]]''
*''[[Gesneria humilis]]''
*''[[Gesneria pauciflora]]''
*''[[Gesneria pedicellaris]]''
*''[[Gesneria pedunculosa]]''
*''[[Gesneria reticulata]]''
*''[[Gesneria ventricosa]]''
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