gesneria

(ɡɛsˈnɪərɪə) n (Plants) any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S. American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae[named after Conrad Gesner, 1516–65, Swiss naturalist]

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gesneria - any plant of the genus Gesneria herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Gesneria - large genus of tropical American herbs having showy tubular flowers

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(gĕsnĭr`ēə), common name for some members of the Gesneriaceae, a family of chiefly tropical and subtropical perennial herbs and shrubs with showy blossoms. The best-known members of the family are the African violets (most of which are hybrids of Saintpaulia ionantha), cultivated for their blossoms and for the purplish leaves often characteristic of this family. Other cultivated ornamentals include the African Cape primrose (genus Streptocarpus) and several rock garden and pot plants, e.g., Ramonda and Haberlea of Europe, and gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa) of Brazil—not to be confused with species of the genus Gloxinia, which are not cultivated. The Gesneria genus is native to tropical America and the West Indies. Gesneria is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Scrophulariales, family Gesneriaceae.

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noun any plant of the genus Gesneria

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