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Gesneriaceae

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Noun1.Gesneriaceae - large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
family Gesneriaceae, gesneria family
asterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
order Polemoniales, Polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
gesneriad - any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia
genus Gesneria - large genus of tropical American herbs having showy tubular flowers
genus Achimenes - genus of tropical perennial American herbs
genus Aeschynanthus - large genus of East Indian ornamental woody epiphytic plants
Alsobia, genus Alsobia - tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia
genus Columnea - genus of tropical American subshrubs and lianas
genus Episcia - genus of tropical American herbs having soft hairy foliage
genus Gloxinia - small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers
gloxinia - any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers
genus Kohleria - genus of tropical American shrubs
genus Saintpaulia, Saintpaulia - east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated
genus Sinningia, Sinningia - genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America
genus Streptocarpus - large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose
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Fully updated from the 1991 edition, this covers principles of morphological description followed by the morphology of leaves, roots, stems, reproductive organs, and seedlings, with sections on vegetative multiplication, orchid morphology, and misfits such as Gesneriaceae.
Plant form; an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology, rev. ... by SciTech Book News
Gesneriaceae da cadeia do Espinhaço de Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Evaluation of sampling methods for periphytic fauna in macrophytes at ... by Menezes Ferreira, Helena Lúcia; Gomes Souza, Maria Beatriz; Machado de López, Cristiane / Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences (UEM)
2005 Old World Gesneriaceae VIII: miscellaneous Bornean species of Cyrtandra.
Borneo bibliography 2007 by Horton, A.V.M. / Borneo Research Bulletin
 
 
 
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