A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W

This index comprises the names of all genera ever described in Gesneriaceae (or in related families and relevant in some way to Gesneriaceae) and indicates their present generic position. Links to the corresponding genus pages are provided.

Explanation of entries and typography

1. The names of the genera presently accepted are printed in italics, in bold face and underlined (link to ghe genus page). For the authorities and publication details see the respective genus page in "The Genera". Example: Achimenes
2. The names of genera presently held in synonymy are printed in normal font and the authority and year of publication are given. A link to the corresponding genus page is provided. Example: Alagophylla Raf. (1837) = Sinningia
3. For genera that have been accepted in Kubitzki's "Families and genera of vascular plants, vol. VII" (Weber 2004), but synonymised later on, both the former and the current treatment are indicated (see "Content of genus pages" and introductory remarks in "The Genera"). Example: Acanthonema Hook.f. (1862) = [Acanthonema] = Streptocarpus
4. Hybrid names [(e.g. x Eucodonopsis Van Houtte (1865)] are not considered.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W

A ...

• Acanthonema Hook.f. (1862) = [Acanthonema] = Streptocarpus
• Achimenes Pers.
• Achimenes P.Browne (1756), nom. rejic. vs. Achimenes Pers. (1806) = Columnea, Eucodonia
• Aeschynanthus
• Agalmyla
• Aikinia R.Br. in Wall. (1832) = Epithema
• Alagophylla Raf. (1837) = Sinningia
• Allocheilos
• Alloplectus
• Allostigma
• Almana (1837) = Gloxinia
• Alsobia
• Amalophyllon
• Ancylostemon Craib (1919) = [Ancylostemon] = Oreocharis
• Anetanthus
• Anisoplectus Oerst. (1858) = Drymonia
• Anna
• Anodiscus Benth. (1876) = [Anodiscus] = Gloxinia
• Anomorhegmia C.F.W.Meissn. (1840) = Stauranthera
• Antonia R.Br. in Wall. (1832), nom. nud. = Rhynchoglossum
• Aponoa Raf. (1838) = Columnea
• Arctocalyx Fenzl (1848) = Solenophora
• Asteranthera

B ...

• Babactes DC. (1845) = [Chirita] = Henckelia
• Basileophyta F.Muell. (1853) = Fieldia
• Beccarinda
• Bellonia Adans. (1763) = Bellonia
• Bellonia
• Besleria
• Biglandularia Seem. (1872) = Sinningia
• Bilabium Miq. (1856) = [Chirita] = Liebigia
• Billolivia
• Boea auct. mult. saltem p.p. = Paraboea
• Boea
• [Boea (trad. sense)]
• Boeica
• Boeicopsis H.W.Li (1982) = Boeica
• Bopopia
• Bournea
• Brachiostemon Hand.-Mazz. (1934) = Ornithoboea
• Brachyloma Hanst. (1854) = Kohleria
• Briggsia Craib (1919) = [Briggsia] = Oreocharis, Loxostigma, Glabrella
• Briggsiopsis
• [[Brookea, Plantaginaceae (?) ]]
• Bucinella Wiehler (1977), nom. illeg. = [Bucinellina] = Columnea
• Bucinellina (Wiehler) Wiehler (1981) = [Bucinellina] = Columnea
• Bucinellina Wiehler (1981) = Columnea
• [[Busea Miq. (1856) = Cyrtandromoea, Phrymaceae]]
• Buxiphyllum W.T.Wang & C.Z.Gao (1981) = Paraboea

C ...

• Calanthus Oerst. (1854) = Drymonia
• Calcareoboea C.Y.Wu (1982) = [Calcareoboea] = Petrocodon
• Caloplectus Oerst. (1858) = Drymonia
• Calosacme Wall. (1829) = [Chirita] = Henckelia
• Calycostemma Hanst. (1859) = Kohleria
• Campanea Decne. (1849), nom. inval. = [Capanea] = Kohleria
• Capanea Decne. ex Planch. (1849) = [Capanea] = Kohleria
• Carolofritschia Engl. (1899) = [Acanthonema] = Streptocarpus
• Carpocalymna Zipp. (1829) = Epithema
• Cathayanthe
• Centrosolenia
• Ceratoscyphus Chun (1946) -> [Chirita] = Henckelia
• Chaixia Lapeyr. (1818) = Ramonda
• Championia C.B.Clarke (1874) = Leptoboea
• Championia Gardn.
• [[Charadrophila, Stilbaceae]]
• Chautemsia
• Chayamaritia
• Cheilosandra Griff. (1847), in syn. = Rhynchotechum
• Cheirisanthera hort. ex Regel (1853) = Heppiella
• Chiliandra Griff. (1854) = Rhynchotechum
• Chirita Buch. Ham. ex D.Don (1822) = [Chirita] = Damrongia, Henckelia, Liebigia, Microchirita, Primulina
• Chirita sect. Chirita = Henckelia
• Chirita sect. Gibbosaccus C.B.Clarke (1883) = Primulina
• Chirita sect. Microchirita C.B. Clarke (1883) = Microchirita
• Chiritopsis W.T.Wang (1981) = Primulina
• Chlamydoboea Stapf (1913) = Paraboea
• Chleterus Raf. (1814), nom. illeg. = Boea
• Chorisanthera Oerst. (1861) = Gesneria
• Chorisanthera hort. ex Hérincq (1852), nom. inval. = Heppiella
• Chorizandra Griff. ex C.B.C.arie (1883), nom. illeg. = Boeica
• Chorysanthera Decne. ex Regel (1852), nom. illeg. = Heppiella
• Christopheria
• Chrysothemis
• Cobananthus
• Coccanthera K.Koch & Hanst. (1855) = Codonanthe
• Codonanthe
• [Codonanthe]
• Codonanthopsis
• [Codonanthopsis]
  
• Codonoboea
• Codonophora Lindl. (1827) = Paliavana
• Codonoraphia Oerst. (1858) = Gesneria
• Collandra Lem. (1847) = [Dalbergaria] = Columnea
• Colpogyne B.L.Burtt (1971) = [Colpogyne] = Streptocarpus
• Columnea
• Columnea (s.str.)
• Conandron
• Conradia Mart. (1829), nom. illeg. = Gesneria
• Coptocheile Hoffmans. = Sinningia
• Corallodiscus
• Coronanthera
• Corysanthera Wall. ex Endl. (1839) = Rhynchotechum
• Corytholoma (Benth.) Decne. (1848) = Sinningia
• Corytoplectus
• Crantzia
• Cremersia
• Cremosperma
• Cremospermopsis
• Cryptoloma Hanst. (1859) = Kohleria
• [[Cubitanthus, Linderniaceae]]
• Cyananthus Griff. (1854) = Stauranthera
• Cyrilla L'Hér. (1791, "1785") = Achimenes
• Cyrtandra
• Cyrtandroidea F.Br. (1935) = Cyrtandra
• [[Cyrtandromoea, Phrymaceae]]
• Cyrtandropsis Lauterb. (1910) = Cyrtandra
• Cyrtanthemum Oerst. (1858) = Besleria 
• Cyrtodeira Hanst. (1854) = Episcia

D ...

• Dalbergaria Tussac (1808) = Columnea
• Damrongia
• Dasydesmus Craib (1920) = Oreocharis
• Dayaoshania W.T.Wang (1983) = [Dayaoshania] = Oreocharis
• Deinocheilos W.T.Wang (1986) = [Deinocheilos] = Oreocharis
• Deinostigma
• [Deinostigma]
• Deltocheilos W.T.Wang (1981) = [Chirita] = Primulina
• Depanthus
• Diastema
• Diastemation Walp. (1858), nom. illeg. = Diastema
• Diastemella Oerst. (1861) = Diastema
• Diastemma Lindl. (1847) = Diastema
• Dichiloboea Stapf (1913) = [Trisepalum] = Paraboea
• Dichrotrichum Reinw. ex De Vriese (1856) = Agalmyla
• Dicyrta Regel (1849) = Achimenes
• Didissandra
• Didissandra auct. non C.B.Clarke: Craib (1919) = Corallodiscus
• Didymocarpus
• Didymostigma
• Diplocalyx Presl. (1844) = Mitraria
• Diplolegnon Rusby (1900) = Corytoplectus
• Dircaea Decne. (1848) = Sinningia
• Dolichodeira Hanst. (1854) = Sinningia
• Dolicholoma D.Fang & W.T.Wang (1983) = [Dolicholoma] = Petrocodon
• Dorcoceras
• Drymonia
• Duchartrea Decne. (1846) = Gesneria

E ...

• Ellobum Blume (1826), nom. rejic. = Didissandra
• Emarhendia
• Episcia
• Episcia sect. Pagothyra Leeuwenb. (1958) = Pagothyra
• Epithema
• Eriphia P.Browne (1756) = Besleria
• Erythranthus Oerst. ex Hanst. (1854) = Drymonia
• Escheria Regel, in syn. = Gloxinia
• Eucodonia
• Eucolum Salisb. (1796) = Gloxinia
• Eumolpe Decne. (1850) = Achimenes
• Eusynetra Raf. (1837) = Columnea
• Eusynetra Raf. (1837) = Columnea
• Euthamnus Schltr. (1923) = Aeschynanthus

F ...

• Fiebrigia Fritsch (1913) = Seemannia
• Fieldia
• Fimbrolina Raf. (1838) = Sinningia
• Flueckigeria Rusby (1894) = [Pentadenia] = Columnea
• Fritschiantha Kuntze (1898) = Seemannia

G ...

• Gasteranthopsis Oerst. (1858) = Besleria
• Gasteranthus
• Gesnera Mart. (1829) = Sinningia
• Gesnera Plum. ex Adans. (1763) = Sinningia
• Gesneria L.
• Getonia Banks & Sol. (1838) = Cyrtandra
• Giesleria Regel (1849) = Kohleria
• Glabrella
• Glossanthus Klein ex Benth. (1835) = Rhynchoglossum
• Glossoloma
• Gloxinella
• Gloxinia
• Gloxiniopsis
• Glycanthes Raf. (1838) = Columnea
• Gomara Ruiz & Pav. (1794) = Sanango
• Gomaranthus S.Rauschert (1982) = Sanango
• Gomaria Spreng. (1831) = Sanango
• Gonatostemon Regel (1866) = [Chirita] = Henckelia
• Goyazia
• Guthnickia Regel (1849) = Achimenes
• Gyrocheilos
• Gyrogyne

H ...

• Haberlea
• Halphophyllum Mansf. (1937) = Gasteranthus
• Hatschbachia L.B.Smith (1953) = Napeanthus
• Heintzia Karst. (1848) = Crantzia
• Hematophyla Raf. (1838) = Besleria
• Hemiboea
• Hemiboeopsis W.T.Wang (1984) = [Hemiboeopsis] = Henckelia
• Henckelia - trad. sense
• Henckelia
• Heppiella
• Herincquia Decne. (1848) = Gesneria
• Hexatheca
• Hippodamia Decne. (1848) = Solenophora
• Horsfieldia Chifflot (1909) = Monophyllaea
• Houttea Decne. (1848), nom. superfl. = Vanhouttea
• Hovanella A.Weber & B.L.Burtt (1998) = [Hovanella] = Streptocarpus
• [[Hygea Hanst. (1854), originally attributed to Gesneriaceae, Hanstein himself (1865) referred the genus to Scrophulariaceae later on; the genus has neither been treated in Weber (2004) nor it is treated here]]
• Hypocyrta Mart. (1829), p.p. = Nematanthus
• Hypocyrta sect. Codonanthe Mart. (1829) = Codonanthe
• Hypopteron Hassk. (1844), nom. illeg. = [Chirita] = Liebigia

I ...

• Isanthera Nees (1834) = Rhynchotechum
• Isoloma (Benth.) Decne. (1848) = Kohleria
• Isometrum Craib (1919) = [Isometrum] = Oreocharis

J ...

• Jancaea
• Jankaea Boiss. (1875) = Jancaea
• Jerdonia

K ...

• Kaisupeea
• Klugia Schltdl. (1833) = Rhynchoglossum
• Knappia Ferd. Bauer ex Steud. (1840) = Rhynchoglossum
• Koellikeria Regel (1848) = [Koellikeria] = Gloxinia
• Kohleria
• Kohleria sect. Gloxinella H.E.Moore (1954) = Gloxinella
• Kohlerianthus Fritsch (1897) = [Pentadenia] = Columnea
• Koernickea Regel (1857 + 1858) = Eucodonia (Clark et al. 2020, as Koernickia)
• Koernickia Benth. & Hook. (1876), orth. var. of Koernickea, see there

L ...

• Lagarosolen W.T.Wang = [Lagarosolen] = Petrocodon
• Lampadaria
• Lembocarpus
• Lenbrassia
• Lepadanthus Ridl. (1909) = Ornithoboea
• Leptoboea
• Lesia
• Liebigia
• Lietzia Regel (1890) = Sinningia
• Ligeria Decne. (1848) = Sinningia
• Linnaeopsis Engl. (1900) = [Linnaeopsis] = Streptocarpus
• Lisionotus Reichb. (1837) = Lysionotus
• Litostigma
• Lobirota Dulac (1867) = Ramonda
• Loboptera Colla (1849) = Columnea
• Locheria Regel (1848) = Achimenes
• Lophalix Raf. (1838) = Crantzia
• Lophia Desv. (1825), nom. illeg. = Crantzia
• Loxocarpus
• Loxonia
• Loxophyllum Blume (1826) = Loxonia
• Loxostigma
• Loxotis R.Br. in Wall. (in syn.) ex Benth. (1835) = Rhynchoglossum
• Lyrionotus K.Schum (1901) = Lysionotus
• Lysinotus Low (1848) = Lysionotus
• Lysionothus D.Dietr. (1839) = Lysionotus
• Lysionotis G.Don (1837) = Lysionotus
• Lysionotus D.Don

M ...

• Macrochlamys Decne. (1849) = Drymonia
• Mandirola
• Marssonia Karst. (1860) = Napeanthus
• Matsumuria Hemsl. (1909) = Titanotrichum
• Megapleilis Raf. (1837) = Sinningia
• Meneghinia Vis. (1846) = Niphaea
• Metabriggsia W.T.Wang (1993) = [Metabriggsia] = Hemiboea
• Metapetrocosmea
• Michaelmoelleria
• Micraeschynanthus Ridl. (1925) = [Micraeschynanthus] = Aeschynanthus
• Microchirita
• Middletonia
• Miquelia Blume (VI. 1838), nom. rejic. = Stauranthera
• Mitraria
• Monophyllaea
• Monopyle
• Mortsdorffia Steud. (1841), anagram of Tromsdorffia Blume (1826) = [Chirita] = Liebigia
• Moultonia Balf. & W.W.Sm. (1915) = Monophyllaea
• Moussonia
• Myconia Lapeyr. (1813) = Ramonda

N ...

• Naegelia Regel (1848), nom. illeg. = Smithiantha
• Napeanthus Gardn.
• Nauticalyx hort. ex Loud. (1855) = Nautilocalyx
• Nautilocalyx
• Negria
• Nematanthus
• Neomortonia
• Niphaea
• Nodonema B.L.Burtt (1982) = [Nodonema] = Streptocarpus
• Nomopyle

O ...

• Oerstedina
• Ophianthe Hanst. (1854) = Gesneria
• Opithandra B.L.Burtt (1956) = [Opithandra] = Oreocharis
• Orchadocarpa
• Oreocharis sensu Möller et al. (2011)
• Oreocharis Benth. (1876), trad. sense = [Oreocharis]
• Orithalia Blume (1828), nom. illeg. = Agalmyla
• Ornithoboea
• Orobanche Vellozo (1829) = Nematanthus
• Orobanchia Vand. (1788), nom. rej. = Nematanthus
• Orthanthe Lem. (1856) = Sinningia
• Ortholoma (Benth.) Hanst. (1854) = [Trichantha] = Columnea
• Orythia Endl. (1841) = Agalmyla
• Oshimella Masamune & Suzuki (1934), nom. illeg. = Whytockia
• Oxychlamys Schltr. (1923) = Aeschynanthus Jack (1823)

P ...

• Pachycaulos
• Pagothyra
• Paliavana
• Parabesleria Oerst. (1858) = Besleria
• Paraboea
• Paradrymonia
• Paraisometrum W.T.Wang (1998) = [Paraisometrum] = Oreocharis
• Parakohleria Wiehler (1978) = Pearcea
• Paralagarosolen Y.G.Wei (2004) = [Paralagarosolen] = Petrocodon
• Pearcea
• Pentadenia (Planch.) Hanst. (1854) = Columnea
• Pentarhaphia Lindl. (1827) = Gesneria
• Perantha Craib (1918) = Oreocharis
• Periomphale Baill. (1888)
• This genus (not referred to in Weber 2004) was described by Baillon from New Caledonia [Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris I: 731 (1888) & Hist. des pl. X: 85 (1888)] and referred to Gesneriaceae. It was excluded from that family already by Fritsch (in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV/3B, 1893-94). Burtt (Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 24: (1963: 217) followed him and noted that Baillon's description seems to justify the exclusion "although no one has yet suggested where it ought to be classified". In the meantime, there is clear vidence that Periomphale belongs to the family Alseuosmiaceae (ord. Asterales) and is a synonym of Wittsteinia F.Muell.
• Petrocodon sensu Weber et al. (2011)
• Petrocodon Hance (1883), trad. sense = [Petrocodon]
• Petrocosmea
• Petrodoxa Anthony (1934) = Beccarinda
• Pheidonocarpa
• Phinaea
• Phylloboea Benth. = [Phylloboea] = Paraboea
• Physodeira Hanst. (1854) = Nautilocalyx
• [[Picria Lour. (1790) = Curanga Juss., Scrophulariaceae]], not considered here
• Platyadenia B.L.Burtt (1971) = [Henckelia sensu Weber & Burtt 1998] = Codonoboea
• Platystemma
• Plectoploma Hanst. (1854) = Achimenes
• Polythysania Hanst. (1854) = Drymonia
• Prasanthea (DC.) Decne. (1848) = Paliavana
• Primulina
• Prionoplectus Oerst. (1858) = Crantzia
• Protocyrtandra Hosok. (1934) = Cyrtandra
• Pseudobesleria Oerst. (1858) = Besleria
• Pseudochirita
• Pterobesleria C.V.Morton (1953) = Besleria
• Pterygoloma Hanst. (1854) = Columnea
• Pterygoloma Hanst. (1854) = [Trichantha] = Columnea

Q ...

• Quintilia Endl. (1841) = Stauranthera 

R ...

• Rachunia
• Ramonda Caruel (1894) = Ramonda
• Ramonda
• Raphiocarpus
• Rechsteineria Regel (1848) = Sinningia
• [[Rehmannia Libosch. ex Fisch. & C. Mey., Orobanchaceae]]
• Reldia
• Resia
• Rhabdothamnopsis
• Rhabdothamnus
• Rheitrophyllum Hassk. (1842) = Aeschynanthus
• Rhinoglossum Pritz. (1855) = Rhynchoglossum
• Rhoogeton
• Rhynchocarpus Reinw. ex Blume (1823) = Cyrtandra
• Rhynchoglossum
• Rhynchotechum
• Rhytidophyllum
• Ridleyandra
• Roettlera Vahl (1804), nom. illeg. = Henckelia
• Roettlera sect. Schizoboea Fritsch (1897) = [Schizoboea] = Streptocarpus
• Rosanowia Regel (1872) = Sinningia
• Rufodorsia Wiehler

S ...

• Saccoplectus Oerst. (1858) = Drymonia
• Saintpaulia H.Wendl. (1893) = [Saintpaulia] = Streptocarpus
• [[Saintpauliopsis Staner (1934) = Staurogyne, Acanthaceae]], not considered here
• Salisia Regel (1849 = Gloxinia
• Salutiaea Colla (1849) = Salutiea Griseb. (1853) = Achimenes P.Browne (1756), non Pers. (1806) = Achimenes (Clark et al. 2020)
• Sanango
• Sarmienta
• Scheeria Seem. (1853) = Achimenes
• Schistolobos W.T.Wang (1992) = [Opithandra] = Oreocharis
• Schizoboea (Fritsch) B.L.Burtt (1974) = [Schizoboea] = Streptocarpus
• Sciadocalyx Regel (1853) = Kohleria
• Scoliotheca Baill. (1888) = Monopyle
• Seemannia
• Senyumia
• Sepikea
• Shuaria
• Shuria Hort. ex Herincq, probably misprint for Scheeria = Achimenes
• Sinningia
• Sinoboea Chun (1946) = Ornithoboea
• [[Siphoboea Baill. (1888) = Clerodendron, Verbenaceae (Burtt, Notes Roy. Bot. Garden Edinburgh 23: 95, 1960)]], not considered here
• Skiophila Hanst. (1854) = Nautilocalyx
• Slackia Griff. (1854) = Beccarinda
• Smithiantha
• Solenophora
• Somrania
• Spelaeanthus
• Sphaerorrhiza
• Stauranthera
• Stenanthus Oerst. ex Hanst. (1854) = Columnea (s. l.)
• Stenanthus Oerst. ex Hanst. (1854) = [Trichantha] = Columnea
• Stenogastra Hanst. (1854) = Sinningia
• Streptocarpus
• Streptocarpus Lindl. (1828) (trad. sense) = [Streptocarpus]
• Stygnanthe Hanst. (1854) = [Pentadenia] = Columnea
• Styrosinia Raf. (1837) = Sinningia
• Synepileana Baill. (1888) = Kohleria

T ...

• Tapeinotes DC. (1839) = Sinningia
• Tapina Mart. (1829) = Sinningia
• Tengia Chun (1946) = [Tengia] = Oreocharis
• Tetradema Schltr. (1920) = Agalmyla
• Tetraphylloides
• Tetraphyllum C.B.Clarke (1854) = Tetraphylloides
• Thamnocharis W.T.Wang (1981) = [Thamnocharis] = Oreocharis
• Titanotrichum
• Trachystigma C.B.Clarke (1883) = [Trachystigma] = Streptocarpus
• Tremacron Craib (1918)= [Tremacron] = Oreocharis
• Trevirana Willd. (1809) = Achimenes
• Tribounia
• [Trichantha Hook. (1844)] = Columnea
• Trichodrymonia
• Trichosporum D.Don (1822), nom. rejic. = Aeschynanthus
• Trisepalum C.B.Clarke = [Trisepalum] = Paraboea
• Tromsdorffia Blume (1826) = [Chirita] = Liebigia
• Tulisma Raf. (1837) = Sinningia
• Tumidinodus H.W.Li (1982) = Anna
• Tussacia Benth. (1846) = Chrysothemis
• Tydaea Decne. (1848) = Kohleria
• Tylopsacas

U ...

• Urceolaria Huth (1758), nom. rejic. = Sarmienta

V ...

• Vanhouttea
• Vaniotia Lévl. (1903) = Petrocosmea
• Vaupellia Griseb. (1862) = Gesneria
• Vireya Raf. (1814) = Columnea

W ...

• Wentsaiboea D.Fang & D.H.Qin (2004) = Primulina, Petrocodon
• Whitia Blume (1823) = Cyrtandra
• Whytockia