🌿 Family

Gesneriaceae

34 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Gesneriaceae

Fieldia australis is the only species in genus Fieldia, a small climbing epiphyte native to eastern Australian rainforests.

Cyrtandra platyphylla, or ʻilihia, is a common Hawaiian rainforest understory flowering shrub in the Gesneriaceae family.

Primulina dryas is an Award of Garden Merit-winning flowering plant native to southeast China.

Conandron ramondioides is the only species in genus Conandron, a perennial flowering plant native to eastern Asia.

Streptocarpus ionanthus, commonly called African violet, is a Streptocarpus species native to eastern and southwestern Tanzania.

False African violet, Streptocarpus saxorum, is an evergreen flowering perennial native to Kenya and Tanzania grown as a houseplant.

Streptocarpus rexii is a popular South African Gesneriaceae species widely used in ornamental hybridization.

Haberlea rhodopensis is a desiccation-tolerant resurrection plant studied for potential medical and cosmetic uses.

Ramonda serbica Pancic is a desiccation-tolerant rare European plant native to the Balkans.

Boea hygroscopica F.Muell. is an herbaceous or woody small plant with distinct dimorphic five-petaled flowers.

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