{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{About|the plant genus|the moth genus|Gesneria (moth){{!}}''Gesneria'' (moth)}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Gesneria venticosa.jpg |image_caption = ''Gesneria ventricosa'' |taxon = Gesneria |authority = Plum. ex L. (1753) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 62; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30002796-2 ''Gesneria'' Plum. ex L.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 8 August 2024.</ref> |synonyms = *''Chorisanthera'' {{small|Oerst. (1858)}} *''Codonoraphia'' {{small|Oerst. (1858)}} *''Conradia'' {{small|Mart. (1829)}} *''Duchartrea'' {{small|Decne. (1846)}} *''Gesnera'' {{small|Plum. ex Adans. (1763), orth. var.}} *''Herincquia'' {{small|Decne. ex Hérincq (1848)}} *''Ophianthe'' {{small|Hanst. (1854)}} *''Pentaraphia'' {{small|Lindl. (1827)}} *''Vaupellia'' {{small|Griseb. (1862)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}
'''''Gesneria''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. It contains 62 species which are native to islands of the Caribbean.<ref name = powo/> The genus is classified in the tribe Gesnerieae along with the genera ''Bellonia'', ''Pheidonocarpa'', and ''Rhytidophyllum''. ''Gesneria'' species are usually woody shrubs or subshrubs, and (with the closely related ''Rhytidophyllum'') are unusual in the family in having alternately (rather than decussately) arranged leaves. A complete list of the accepted species and their synonyms can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae.
The genus name honors Conrad Gessner.
==Species== 62 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Gesneria acaulis'' {{small|L.}} *''Gesneria alpina'' {{small|(Urb.) Urb.}} *''Gesneria aspera'' {{small|Urb. & Ekman}} *''Gesneria barahonensis'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria bicolor'' {{small|(Urb.) Simon Joly & J.L.Clark}} *''Gesneria binghamii'' {{small|C.V.Morton}} *''Gesneria brachysepala'' {{small|Urb. & Ekman}} *''Gesneria bracteosa'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria brevifolia'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria bullata'' {{small|Urb. & Ekman}} *''Gesneria calycina'' {{small|Sw.}} *''Gesneria calycosa'' {{small|(Hook.) Kuntze}} *''Gesneria celsioides'' {{small|(Griseb.) Urb.}} *''Gesneria christii'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria citrina'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria clandestina'' {{small|(Griseb.) Urb.}} *''Gesneria clarensis'' {{small|Britton & P.Wilson}} *''Gesneria clasei'' {{small|J.L.Clark}} *''Gesneria × cornuta'' {{small|Simon Joly}} *''Gesneria cubensis'' {{small|(Decne.) Kuntze}} *''Gesneria cuneifolia'' {{small|(DC.) Fritsch}} *''Gesneria decapleura'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria depressa'' {{small|(Griseb.) Urb.}} *''Gesneria duchartreoides'' {{small|(C.Wright) Urb.}} *''Gesneria ekmanii'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria exserta'' {{small|Sw.}} *''Gesneria ferruginea'' {{small|(C.Wright) Urb.}} *''Gesneria filipes'' {{small|Alain}} *''Gesneria flava'' {{small|F.Lamb.bis, Simon Joly & J.L.Clark}} *''Gesneria fruticosa'' {{small|(L.) Kuntze}} *''Gesneria glandulosa'' {{small|(Griseb.) Urb.}} *''Gesneria gloxinioides'' {{small|(Griseb.) Urb.}} *''Gesneria haitiensis'' {{small|L.E.Skog}} *''Gesneria harrisii'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria heterochroa'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria humilis'' {{small|L.}} *''Gesneria hybocarpa'' {{small|Urb. & Ekman}} *''Gesneria hypoclada'' {{small|Urb. & Ekman}} *''Gesneria jamaicensis'' {{small|Britton}} *''Gesneria lanceolata'' {{small|Urb. & Ekman}} *''Gesneria libanensis'' {{small|Linden ex C.Morren}} *''Gesneria nipensis'' {{small|Britton & P.Wilson}} *''Gesneria odontophylla'' {{small|Urb. & Ekman}} *''Gesneria onychocalyx'' {{small|L.E.Skog}} *''Gesneria pachyclada'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria parvifolia'' {{small|Alain}} *''Gesneria pauciflora'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria pedicellaris'' {{small|Alain}} *''Gesneria pedunculosa'' {{small|(DC.) Fritsch}} *''Gesneria pulverulenta'' {{small|Alain}} *''Gesneria pumila'' {{small|Sw.}} *''Gesneria purpurascens'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria quisqueyana'' {{small|Alain}} *''Gesneria radiata'' {{small|J.L.Clark & Cinea}} *''Gesneria reticulata'' {{small|(Griseb.) Urb.}} *''Gesneria salicifolia'' {{small|(Griseb.) Urb.}} *''Gesneria scabra'' {{small|Sw.}} *''Gesneria sintenisii'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Gesneria sylvicola'' {{small|Alain}} *''Gesneria tuberifera'' {{small|J.L.Clark & T.Clase}} *''Gesneria ventricosa'' {{small|Sw.}} *''Gesneria viridiflora'' {{small|(Decne.) Kuntze}} *''Gesneria wrightii'' {{small|Urb.}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/pdf/scb-0029h.pdf Skog, L.E. 1976. A Study of the Tribe Gesnerieae, with a Revision of ''Gesneria'' (Gesneriaceae: Gesnerioideae). ''Smithsonian Contributions to Botany''. 29: 1-182 (pdf file).] *[http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at/genera/gesneria_sstr.htm ''Gesneria''] from [http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at The Genera of Gesneriaceae] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060719170449/http://www.gesneriads.ca/gengesne.htm ''Gesneria''] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20051230161202/http://www.gesneriads.ca/ The Gesneriad Reference Web] *[http://persoon.si.edu/gesneriaceae/checklist World Checklist of Gesneriaceae]
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Category:Gesneria Category:Gesneriaceae genera Category:Flora of the Caribbean Category:Taxa described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Gesneriaceae-stub}}