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December 2022

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genus

Gesneria L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 612 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000015591.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 612. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Gesneria

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Chorisanthera	Oerst.	Centralamer. Gesner. : 35 (1858)		wfo-4000008096
Pentaraphia	Lindl.	Bot. Reg. 13: sub t. 1110. 1827 : use Pentaraphia		wfo-4000028626

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Gesneria:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Gesneria acaulis	Fl. Mex. ex DC.	Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 7:536. (1839)	—	wfo-1200023481
Gesneria acaulis	Poir.	Illustr. 3:88, pls.536, 1. (1823)	—	wfo-1200023482
Gesneria amabilis	Hort. ex L.H.Bailey	Man. Cult. Pl. (ed. 1) 695. (1924)	—	wfo-1000039204
Gesneria atrosanguinea	Ann.	Fl. (1836) 275, ex DC. Prod. vii. 529.		wfo-0000702105
Gesneria atrosanguinea	Hort. ex Lémon	Ann. Fl. Pomone 1836:275, pl.pl. 35. (1836)	—	wfo-1200023483
Gesneria auriculata	(Hook.) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2:473. (1891)	—	wfo-1000039205
Gesneria barbata	A.Dietr.	Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 6 (44):346. (1838)	—	wfo-1200023484
Gesneria bibracteata	D.Cameron ex Loudon	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] Suppl. 2:637. (1839)	—	wfo-1000039206
Gesneria bulbosa	Hook. 1831	Bot. Mag. 58 (ser. 2, 5), pl.pl. 3041. (1831)	—	wfo-1200023485
Gesneria bulbosa	Hook. 1842	Bot. Mag. 68, pl.3886. (1842)	—	wfo-1200023486
Gesneria bulbosa	Ker Gawl.	Bot. Reg. 4: t. 343. 1818		wfo-0000702120
Gesneria bulbosa subsp. dentata	(Hornsch.) Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 2:717. (1843)	—	wfo-1200023487
Gesneria bulbosa subsp. lateritia	Hook.	Bot. Mag. 72, pl.pl. 4240. (1846)	—	wfo-1200023488
Gesneria calycina	Sieber ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] (ed. 2) 1:681. (1840)	—	wfo-1200023489
Gesneria canescens	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(1): 36. 1829 [Jan-Jun 1829]		wfo-0000702139
Gesneria cinnabarina	(Linden) Galeotti	J. Hort. Prat. Belgique 1:145. (1857)	—	wfo-1200023490
Gesneria cinnabarina	Linden	Belgique Hort. vii. (1857) 197; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5036.		wfo-0000702148
Gesneria coccinea	H.Jacq.	Ann. Fl. Pomone 1837-1838: 154 (1838)		wfo-0000702155
Gesneria coccinea	Rojas Acosta	Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes : 72 (1897)		wfo-0000702157
Gesneria cooperi	Hort. Woburn ex DC.	Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 7 (2):530. (1839)	—	wfo-1000039227
Gesneria cordata	W.H.Baxter ex Loudon	Suppl. Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 554, nomen. 1850 ; third additional suppl. to Loudon's Hortus Britannicus published in new ed. [4], cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. iii.'.		wfo-0001352173
Gesneria corymbosa	Sieber ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 681. 1840		wfo-0000702165
Gesneria cubensis	(Decne.) Baill.	Hist. Pl. 10: 60 1888	—	wfo-0001253908
Gesneria cynocephala	De Von ex C.Morren	Hort. Belge 3: 320. 1836		wfo-0000702179
Gesneria donkelaariana	Lem.	Jard. Fleur. 4, pl.382. (1854("1853"))	—	wfo-1000039207
Gesneria donkelaeriana	Lem.	Jard. FIeur. 4(1): 382 (1854)		wfo-0000702188
Gesneria donklarii	hort. ex Hook.	Bot. Mag. 84: t. 5070 (1858)		wfo-0000702189
Gesneria douglasii	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(1): 33. 1829 [Jan-Jun 1829]		wfo-0000702191
Gesneria douglassii	Lodd.	–		wfo-0001350212
Gesneria eggersii	Donn.Sm.	Bot. Gaz. 61:384. (1916)	—	wfo-1000039208
Gesneria elliptica	Ram.Goyena	Fl. Nicarag. 2:606. (1911)	—	wfo-1200023491
Gesneria elongata	Regel	Flora 31:248. (1848)	—	wfo-1200023492
Gesneria elongata var. fruticosa	Graham	Bot. Mag. 66, pl.pl. 3725. (1840)	—	wfo-1200023471
Gesneria exogonia	Sessé & Moç.	Fl. Mexic. (ed. 2) 143. (1894)	—	wfo-1200023493
Gesneria exoniensis	Hort. ex Dombrain	Fl. Mag. (London) 7:7, pl.pl. 381. (1868)	—	wfo-1200023494
Gesneria fruticulosa	Glaz.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58(Mém. 3f):514. (1911 ("1909"))	—	wfo-1000039209
Gesneria gerardiana	Lindl.	Gard. Chron. (ser. 1) 44:739. (1845)	—	wfo-1200023495
Gesneria glaucophylla	G.Nicholson	Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 66 1885	—	wfo-0001273569
Gesneria grandis	Fisch. ex Hanst.	Linnaea 34:313. (1865)	—	wfo-1200023496
Gesneria grandis	Rich.	Dict. Sci. Nat. 37, pl.pl. 77. (1825)	—	wfo-1200023498
Gesneria grandis	Spreng.	Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2:838. (1825)	—	wfo-1200023497
Gesneria guazumaefolia	Benth.	Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 147. (1845)	—	wfo-1000039210
Gesneria guazumifolia	Benth.	Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 147. 1844 [Dec 1844]		wfo-0000702233
Gesneria hahnii	Baill. ex Baill.	Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 719 (1887)		wfo-0000702235
Gesneria hondensis	C.Morren ex B.D.Jacks.	Index Kew. 1 (2):1024. (1893)	—	wfo-1200023500
Gesneria hondensis	Hook.	in H.B.K., Bot. Mag. 72, pl.pl. 4217. (1846)	—	wfo-1200023499
Gesneria hookeri	Hanst.	Linnaea 34(3): 276. 1865 [Sep 1865]		wfo-0000702249
Gesneria humilis	L.	Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 2:850. (1763)	—	wfo-1000039888
Gesneria lateritia var. macrantha	Lémon	Portefeuille des Hort. 261. (1847)	—	wfo-1200023472
Gesneria latifolia	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(1): 35. 1829 [Jan-Jun 1829]		wfo-0000702268
Gesneria latifolia	Mart. ex Otto & Schltdl.	Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 5:219, pl.1. (1837)	—	wfo-1200023501
Gesneria lehmannii	Donn.Sm.	Bot. Gaz. 61:384. (1916)	—	wfo-1000039211
Gesneria lindenii	Hort. ex H.E.Moore	Gentes Herbarum 8:380. (1954)	—	wfo-1000039212
Gesneria longiflora	(Lindl.) Baill.	in H.B.K., Hist. Pl. 10:59, pls.pl. 94, 95. (1888)	—	wfo-1200023502
Gesneria longiflora	Sessé & Moç.	Pl. Nov. Hisp. (ed. 1) 97. (1889)	—	wfo-1200023503
Gesneria macrantha	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 2: 839 (1825)		wfo-0000702292
Gesneria maculata	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(1): 33, t. 215. 1829 [Jan-Jun 1829]		wfo-0000702298
Gesneria maculata	Mart. ex Hanst.	Fl. Brasil. [Martius] 8 (1):361, pls.9, V. (1864)	—	wfo-1200023504
Gesneria maculata	Moc. & Sessé	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(2): 532 (Quid?). 1839 [late Dec 1839]		wfo-0000702299
Gesneria maculata	Sessé & Moç.	Pl. Nov. Hisp. (ed. 1) 97. (1889)	—	wfo-1200023505
Gesneria melittifolia	Brongn.	Rev. Hort. (Paris) , sér. 3, 1: 363 (1847)		wfo-0000702302
Gesneria miellezii	T.Moore	Natl. Gard. Alman. 39. 1857		wfo-1000035425
Gesneria mollis	Hort. ex Lehm.	Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 10:459. (1854)	—	wfo-1000039889
Gesneria mollis	Kunth	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 2:qto. ed. 395, fol. ed. 317, pl.pl. 191. (1818 ("1817"))	—	wfo-1200023506
Gesneria montevidensis	Hort. ex Decne.	Rev. Hort. [Paris] (ser. 3, 2) 20:468. (1848)	—	wfo-1000039213
Gesneria naegelioides	hort. ex G.Nicholson	Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 66 1885	—	wfo-0001236028
Gesneria oblongata	Paxton	Paxton's Mag. Bot. 6:103. (1839)	—	wfo-1200023507
Gesneria oppositifolia	Z.R.Xu & L.E.Skog	Candollea	—	wfo-1000039214
Gesneria organa	Hort. ex Decne.	Rev. Hort. [Paris] (ser. 3, 2) 20:462. (1848)	—	wfo-1200023508
Gesneria pardina	Decne. ex Planch.	Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 7:167. (1852)	—	wfo-1200023509
Gesneria picta	Hort. ex Hanst.	Linnaea 29:537, 583. (1859)	—	wfo-1200023510
Gesneria plumierana	(DC.) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2:473. (1891)	—	wfo-1000039215
Gesneria polyantha	Hook.	Bot. Mag. 69, pl.3995. (1843)	—	wfo-1200023511
Gesneria portoricensis	DC. ex Bello	Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10:288. (1881)	—	wfo-1000039216
Gesneria punctata	Hort. ex Decne.	Rev. Hort. [Paris] (ser. 3, 2) 20:466. (1848)	—	wfo-1200023513
Gesneria punctata	Hort. ex Hanst.	Linnaea 34:273. (1865)	—	wfo-1200023512
Gesneria purpurascens var. yamuriensis	(Britton & P.Wilson) Borhidi	Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 25:34. (1979)	—	wfo-1200023473
Gesneria pyrimidalis	hort. ex G.Nicholson	Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 66 1885	—	wfo-0001273570
Gesneria quaterniflora	Fl. Mex. ex DC.	Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 7 (2):528. (1839)	—	wfo-1000039217
Gesneria refulgens	Hort. ex G.Nicholson	Ill. Dict. Gard. 2:66. (1885)	—	wfo-1000039218
Gesneria regalis	L.H.Bailey	Man. Cult. Pl. (ed. 1) 695. (1924)	—	wfo-1000039219
Gesneria regina	hort. ex L.H.Bailey	Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3169 (1917), in syn.		wfo-0001352174
Gesneria robusta	hort.	–	—	wfo-0001039664
Gesneria rupicola	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(1): 30 (-31), t. 213. 1829 [Jan-Jun 1829]		wfo-0000702368
Gesneria sartorii	Liebm.	Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1853: 20 (1853)		wfo-0000702380
Gesneria scabra	Spreng.	Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2:838. (1825)	—	wfo-1200023514
Gesneria sceptrum	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(1): 32. 1829 [Jan-Jun 1829]		wfo-0000702388
Gesneria sceptrum var. flavida	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 3:32. (1829)	—	wfo-1200023474
Gesneria sceptrum var. igneum	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 3:32. (1829)	—	wfo-1200023475
Gesneria sceptrum var. rubrum	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 3:32, pl.pl. 214. (1829)	—	wfo-1200023476
Gesneria sect. Corytholoma	Benth.	Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 230. (1846)	—	wfo-1000039220
Gesneria sellovii	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 3:36. (1829)	—	wfo-1000039221
Gesneria sellowii	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(1): 36. 1829 [Jan-Jun 1829]		wfo-0000702395
Gesneria spicata	Hort. Berol. ex Hanst.	Fl. Brasil. [Martius] 8 (1):371. (1864)	—	wfo-1200023516
Gesneria spicata	Hort. ex Hanst.	Fl. Brasil. [Martius] 8 (1):355. (1864)	—	wfo-1200023515
Gesneria splendens	L.H.Bailey	Man. Cult. Pl. (ed. 1) 695. (1924)	—	wfo-1000039228
Gesneria stachyfolia	Hanst.	Linnaea 34:263. (1865)	—	wfo-1000039222
Gesneria sulcata	Rusby	Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4:237. (1895)	—	wfo-1000039223
Gesneria suttoni	Booth ex Lindl.	Bot. Reg. 19, pl.pl. 1637. (1833)	—	wfo-1000039224
Gesneria suttonii	Booth ex Lindl.	Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1637 1834	—	wfo-0000702409
Gesneria tomentosa	Bert.	Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 7 (2):524. (1839)	—	wfo-1200023519
Gesneria tomentosa	Sessé & Moç.	Pl. Nov. Hisp. (ed. 1) 97. (1889)	—	wfo-1200023517
Gesneria tomentosa	Spreng.	Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2:838. (1825)	—	wfo-1200023518
Gesneria triflora	Hook.	Bot. Mag. 73: t. 4342. 1847		wfo-0000702423
Gesneria tuberosa	Mart.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. (Martius) 3(1): 29, t. 212. 1829 [Jan-Jun 1829]		wfo-0000702426
Gesneria tubiflora	Endl.	Harting. Parad. Vindob. t. 64. f. 11.		wfo-0000702428
Gesneria tubiflora	Griseb.	Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 263. 1879		wfo-0000702429
Gesneria tweediana	Hort. ex Hanst.	in Martius C.F.P.v., Fl. Brasil. [Martius] 8 (1):396. (1864)	—	wfo-1000039225
Gesneria verrucosa subsp. cubensis	(Decne.) Borhidi	Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 25: 33 1979	—	wfo-0001272852
Gesneria verticillata	Hook.	Bot. Mag. 54: t. 2776. 1827		wfo-0000702452
Gesneria verticillata	Hort. ex Hanst.	in Martius C.F.P.v., Fl. Brasil. [Martius] 8 (1):366. (1864)	—	wfo-1200023520
Gesneria xanthophylla	Poepp.	Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 3: 7 (1840)		wfo-0000702465