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The genus Gesneria is in the family Gesneriaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Gesneria

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Gesneria acaulis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria alpina (Urb.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria aspera Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria auriculatum (Hook.) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Gesneria barahonensis Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria binghamii (Griseb.) C.V.Morton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria brachysepala Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria brevifolia Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria bullata Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria calycina Sw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria calycosa (Hook.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria christii Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria citrina Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria clandestina (Griseb.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria clarensis Britton & P.Wilson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria cubensis (Decne.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria cuneifolia (DC.) Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria decapleura Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria denticulata Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria duchartreoides (C.H.Wright) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria ekmanii Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria exserta Sw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria filipes Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria fruticosa (L.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria glandulosa (Griseb.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria gloxinioides (Griseb.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria haitiensis L.E.Skog	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria harrisii Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria heterochroa Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria humilis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria hybocarpa Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria hypoclada Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria jamaicensis Britton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria lanceolata Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria libanensis Linden ex E.Morren	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria longiflora (Lindl.) Baill.	Accepted		TRO
Gesneria odontophylla Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria onychocalyx L.E.Skog	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria pachyclada Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria parvifolia Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria pauciflora Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria pedicellaris Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria pedunculosa (DC.) Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria pulverulenta Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria pumila Sw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria purpurascens Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria reticulata (Griseb.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria salicifolia (Griseb.) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria scabra Sw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria shaferi Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria ventricosa Sw.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria vernicosa (Urb. & Ekman) Wiehler	Accepted		TRO
Gesneria viridiflora (Decne.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria wrightii Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Gesneria zeziana Kitan.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 324 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Gesneria. Of these 55 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 63 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Gesneria. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 324 species names for the genus Gesneria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	55	17.0%
◕	Synonym	140	43.2%
◕	Unplaced	9	2.8%
◕	Unassessed	120	37.0%

All names

The status of the 387 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Gesneria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	69	17.8%
◕	Synonym	178	46.0%
◕	Unplaced	9	2.3%
◕	Unassessed	131	33.9%

Of these names,

• 9 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 324 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Gesneria, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	52	112	0	0	164	50.6%
	Low confidence	3	28	9	120	160	49.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Gesneria, are as follows: