Gesneriaceae, the gesneriad family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 152 genera and ca. 3,540 species in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World and the New World, with a very small number extending to temperate areas. Many species have colorful and showy flowers and are cultivated as ornamental plants.
Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré was a French botanist.
Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar.
Vismia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae. Members of the genus are small trees and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical areas of Central America and South America. Including the countries of Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.
Dillenia is a genus of flowering evergreen or semi-evergreen trees and shrubs in the family Dilleniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Australasia, and the Indian Ocean islands.
Hilliardia is a monotypic genus of South African flowering plants in the daisy family. It only contains one known species, Hilliardia zuurbergensis(Oliv.) B.Nord.
Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942) was an Irish medical doctor. He is known particularly now for his botanical work, which was important for the study of the flora of Thailand.
Miersia is a plant genus in the Amaryllidaceae. All 5 known species are native to Chile and Bolivia.
Polemannia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Padbruggea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Its native range stretches from southern China to western Malesia.
Verhuellia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Piperaceae. Verhuellia is a sister genus to all other Piperaceae, but has its own subfamily of Verhuellioideaea.
Emarhendia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It only contains one species,Emarhendia bettiana(M.R.Hend.) Kiew, A.Weber & B.L.Burtt.
Hemiboea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.
Hilliardiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Maasia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.
Dendrokingstonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae.
Gregbrownia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae.
Hegnera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. The only species is Hegnera obcordata.
Sohmaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae.
Corneille Antoine Jean Abram Oudemans or Cornelis Antoon Jan Abraham Oudemans was a Dutch botanist and physician who specialized in fungal systematics.
