| 释义 |
‖ Gesnera Bot.|ˈdʒɛsnərə|
Also gesneria (the spelling preferred by Linnæus and now the accepted form).
[mod.L., named after Conrad von Gesner, a naturalist and scholar of Zürich, of the 16th c.]
A genus of tropical plants (family Gesneraceæ); also a plant of this genus.
[1737Linnæus Genera Plantarum 179 Gesneria. Gesnera Plum.] 1845Bot. Mag. LXXI. Tab. 4152 Schiede's Gesneria..is another lovely addition to the many beautiful Gesnerias now cultivated in our stoves. 1858Glenny Gard. Every-day Bk. 186/1 Some of the taller Gesneras may require a slight support. 1882Garden 11 Nov. 420/2 There are not many stove plants more valuable than Gesneras. 1901G. Nicholson Dict. Gard. Suppl. II. 389/1 Gesnera. According to the ‘Index Kewensis’ the correct spelling is that of Linnæus—Gesneria. 1956Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) II. 886/1 The Gesnerias being tropical, need stove conditions. 1961Amat. Gardening 14 Oct. Suppl. 23/3 The gesneras are related to the gloxinias and require very much the same conditions. |