gesneria family

Noun
  1. Large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas;
    In some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales (synset 112849859)
    is a type of: asterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym:
    • 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
    belongs to: order polemoniales, polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
    same as: family gesneriaceae, gesneriaceae

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