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Gesneriaceae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Gesneriaceae - large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophularialesfamily Gesneriaceae, gesneria familyasterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsorder Polemoniales, Polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophularialesgesneriad - any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxiniagenus Gesneria - large genus of tropical American herbs having showy tubular flowersgenus Achimenes - genus of tropical perennial American herbsgenus Aeschynanthus - large genus of East Indian ornamental woody epiphytic plantsAlsobia, genus Alsobia - tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episciagenus Columnea - genus of tropical American subshrubs and lianasgenus Episcia - genus of tropical American herbs having soft hairy foliagegenus Gloxinia - small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowersgloxinia - any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowersgenus Kohleria - genus of tropical American shrubsgenus Saintpaulia, Saintpaulia - east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivatedgenus Sinningia, Sinningia - genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South Americagenus Streptocarpus - large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose |
Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae[ge‚snir·ē′ās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of dicotyledonous plants in the order Scrophulariales characterized by parietal placentation, mostly opposite or whorled leaves, and a well-developed embryo. Gesneriaceae a family of dicotyledonous plants related to the figworts (Scrophulariaceae). They are mainly herbs, sometimes with thickened rhizomes, and rarely shrubs, woody lianas, and small trees. Many small Gesneriaceae are epiphytes. The blossoms are primarily large, brightly colored, bisexual, and predominantly irregular. There are over 120 genera (more than 1,800 species), chiefly in the tropics and subtropics. In the USSR there are no wild Gesneriaceae. In some species of the genus Streptocarpus, the entire subterranean portion shows only one large leaf. Many Gesneriaceae, especially Gloxinias and the Saintpaulia ionantha violet, are greenhouse and house ornamentals. REFERENCEIvanina, L. I. Semeistvo gesnerievykh: Karpologicheskii obzor. Leningrad, 1967.Gesneriaceae
Synonyms for Gesneriaceaenoun large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianasSynonyms- family Gesneriaceae
- gesneria family
Related Words- asterid dicot family
- order Polemoniales
- Polemoniales
- gesneriad
- genus Gesneria
- genus Achimenes
- genus Aeschynanthus
- Alsobia
- genus Alsobia
- genus Columnea
- genus Episcia
- genus Gloxinia
- gloxinia
- genus Kohleria
- genus Saintpaulia
- Saintpaulia
- genus Sinningia
- Sinningia
- genus Streptocarpus
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