Taxonomy Profile: Gesneriaceae

Gesneriaceae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
gesnerias []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Gesneriaceae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Plantae
plants |
Planta |
Vegetal |
plantes |
Subkingdom : Viridiplantae
green plants |
Infrakingdom : Streptophyta
land plants |
Superdivision : Embryophyta
Phylum : Tracheophyta
vascular plants |
tracheophytes |
Subphylum : Spermatophytina
spermatophytes |
seed plants |
phanérogames |
Superorder : Asteranae
Order : Lamiales
Family : Gesneriaceae
gesnerias |
Gesneriaceae Direct Children(s):
Gesneria
(Plum ex L)
Cyrtandra
(JR Forst & G Forst)
Alloplectus
(Mart)
Episcia
(Mart)
Chrysothemis
(Decne)
Gloxinia
(L'Hér)
Acanthonema
(Hook f)
Achimenes
(Pers)
Agalmyla
(Blume)
Allocheilos
(WT Wang)
Allostigma
(WT Wang)
Alsobia
(Hanst)
Amalophyllon
(Brandegee)
Anetanthus
(Hiern ex Benth)
Anna
(Pellegr)
Asteranthera
(Klotzsch & Hanst ex Hanst)
Beccarinda
(Kuntze)
Bellonia
(Plum ex L)
Besleria
(Plum ex L)
Boea
(Comm ex Lam)
Boeica
(CB Clarke)
Briggsia
(Craib)
Briggsiopsis
(KY Pan)
Cathayanthe
(Chun)
Championia
(Gardner)
Chautemsia
(AO Araujo & VC Souza)
Chirita
(Buch-Ham ex D Don)
Chiritopsis
(WT Wang)
Cobananthus
(Wiehler)
Codonanthe
(Mart Hanst)
Colpogyne
(BL Burtt)
Conandron
(Siebold & Zucc)
Corallodiscus
(Batalin)
Coronanthera
(Vieill ex CB Clarke)
Corytoplectus
(Oerst)
Crantzia
(Scop)
Cremersia
(Feuillet & LE Skog)
Cremosperma
(Benth)
Cremospermopsis
(LE Skog & LP Kvist)
Cubitanthus
(Barringer)
Cyrtandropsis
(Lauterb)
Dalbergaria
(Tussac)
Deinostigma
(WT Wang & ZY Li)
Depanthus
(S Moore)
Diastema
(Benth)
Didissandra
(CB Clarke)
Didymocarpus
(Wall)
Didymostigma
(WT Wang)
Drymonia
(Mart)
Emarhendia
(R Kiew A Weber & BL Burtt)
Epithema
(Blume)
Eucodonia
(Hanst)
Fieldia
(Cunn)
Gasteranthus
(Benth)
Glossoloma
(Hanst)
Gloxinella
(HE Moore Roalson & Boggan)
Gloxiniopsis
(Roalson & Boggan)
Goyazia
(Taub)
Gyrocheilos
(WT Wang)
Gyrogyne
(WT Wang)
Haberlea
(Friv)
Hemiboea
(CB Clarke)
Hemiboeopsis
(WT Wang)
Henckelia
(Spreng)
Heppiella
(Regel)
Hexatheca
(CB Clarke)
Hovanella
(A Weber & BL Burtt)
Hypocyrta
(Mart)
Jancaea
(Boiss)
Jerdonia
(Wight)
Kaisupeea
(BL Burtt)
Kohleria
(Regel)
Lampadaria
(Feuillet & LE Skog)
Lembocarpus
(Leeuwenb)
Leptoboea
(Benth)
Litostigma
(YG Wei F Wen & Mich Möller)
Loxonia
(Jack)
Loxostigma
(CB Clarke)
Lysionotus
(D Don)
Mandirola
(Decne)
Metapetrocosmea
(WT Wang)
Mitraria
(Cav)
Monophyllaea
(R Br)
Monopyle
(Moritz ex Benth)
Moussonia
(Regel)
Napeanthus
(Gardner)
Nautilocalyx
(Linden ex Hanst)
Negria
(F Muell)
Nematanthus
(Schrad)
Neomortonia
(Wiehler)
Niphaea
(Lindl)
Nodonema
(BL Burtt)
Nomopyle
(Roalson & Boggan)
Oerstedina
(Wiehler)
Orchadocarpa
(Ridl)
Oreocharis
(Benth)
Ornithoboea
(Parish ex CB Clarke)
Paliavana
(Vell ex Vand)
Paraboea
(CB Clarke Ridl)
Paradrymonia
(Hanst)
Pearcea
(Regel)
Peltanthera
(Benth)
Pentadenia
(Planch Hanst)
Petrocodon
(Hance)
Petrocosmea
(Oliv)
Pheidonocarpa
(LE Skog)
Phinaea
(Benth)
Phylloboea
(Benth)
Platystemma
(Wall)
Primulina
(Hance)
Pseudochirita
(WT Wang)
Ramonda
(Rich)
Senyumia
(Kiew A Weber & BL Burtt)
Sepikaea
(Schltr)
Sinningia
(Nees)
Smithiantha
(Kuntze)
Solenophora
(Benth)
Spelaeanthus
(R Kiew A Weber & BL Burtt)
Sphaerorrhiza
(Roalson & Boggan)
Stauranthera
(Benth)
Streptocarpus
(Lindl)
Tetraphyllum
(Griff ex CB Clarke)
Titanotrichum
(Soler)
Trachystigma
(CB Clarke)
Trichosporum
(D Don)
Trisepalum
(CB Clarke)
Tylopsacas
(Leeuwenb)
Vanhouttea
(Lem)
Wentsaiboea
(D Fang & DH Qin)
Whytockia
(WW Sm)
Raphiocarpus
(Chun)
Reldia
(Wiehler)
Resia
(HE Moore)
Rhoogeton
(Leeuwenb)
Rhynchotechum
(Blume)
Ridleyandra
(A Weber & BL Burtt)
Rufodorsia
(Wiehler)
Saintpaulia
(H Wendl)
Sanango
(Bunting & Duke)
Sarmienta
(Ruiz & Pav)
Schizoboea
(Fritsch BL Burtt)
Seemannia
(Regel)
Gesneriaceae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Laurence Skog, Ph. D.
Notes:
Emeritus Research Botanist, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution
Reference for:
Gesneriaceae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Gesneriaceae
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
1996-07-26
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Gesneriaceae
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
2000-01-21
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Gesneriaceae
Source:
Lamiales of North America Update
Acquired:
2011-05-26
Notes:
Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)
Reference for:
Gesneriaceae
Source:
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, 2014
Acquired:
2014-11-19
Notes:
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden, available at http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/
Reference for:
Gesneriaceae
Publication(s):
Gesneriaceae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Gesneriaceae: Comments