Notice

Colin Mills, compiler of the Hortus Camdenensis, died in late November 2012 after a short illness. As he always considered the Hortus his legacy, it is his family's intention to keep the site running in perpetuity. It will not, however, be updated in the near future.

Gesneriaceae

A family of some 120 genera and 2500 species of herbs, climbers and shrubs with a few trees, widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical regions.  [FNSW].  Represented in the Hortus by a large number of ornamental plants from several genera.

Plants in this Family

  1. Streptocarpus rexii Lindl.
  2. Smithiantha zebrina ‘Splendens’
  3. Smithiantha zebrina Kuntze
  4. Smithiantha zebrina (Paxton) Kuntze var. geroltiana (Kunth & Bouche) Voss
  5. Sinningia x insignis Hort.
  6. Sinningia x Cartoni Hort.
  7. Sinningia tubiflora Fritsch
  8. Sinningia speciosa ‘Wortleyana’
  9. Sinningia speciosa ‘Variegata’
  10. Sinningia speciosa ‘Schaeferi’
  11. Sinningia speciosa ‘Rubra’
  12. Sinningia speciosa ‘Rubra-splendens’
  13. Sinningia speciosa ‘Priestleyana’
  14. Sinningia speciosa ‘Pellucida’
  15. Sinningia speciosa ‘Pellicoides’
  16. Sinningia speciosa ‘Passinghamii’
  17. Sinningia speciosa ‘Napoleon’
  18. Sinningia speciosa ‘Maxima Variegata’
  19. Sinningia speciosa ‘Maxima Discolor’
  20. Sinningia speciosa ‘Maxima Alba’
  21. Sinningia speciosa ‘Madam Malibran’
  22. Sinningia speciosa ‘Leonie van Houtte’
  23. Sinningia speciosa ‘Labiata’
  24. Sinningia speciosa ‘Grandis’
  25. Sinningia speciosa ‘Godefroi de Bouillon’
  26. Sinningia speciosa ‘Fyfiana’
  27. Sinningia speciosa ‘Formosa’
  28. Sinningia speciosa ‘Fischeri’
  29. Sinningia speciosa ‘Exquisita’
  30. Sinningia speciosa ‘Erecta Magnifica’
  31. Sinningia speciosa ‘Erecta Digitalis’
  32. Sinningia speciosa ‘Caulescens’
  33. Sinningia speciosa ‘Caulescens Major’
  34. Sinningia speciosa ‘Caulescens Discolor’
  35. Sinningia speciosa ‘Carminata’
  36. Sinningia speciosa ‘Carminata Splendens’
  37. Sinningia speciosa ‘Candidissima’
  38. Sinningia speciosa ‘Candida’
  39. Sinningia speciosa ‘Baron Reige’
  40. Sinningia speciosa ‘Albo-sanguinea’
  41. Sinningia speciosa ‘Albo-sanguinea Superba’
  42. Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern var. albiflora
  43. Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern
  44. Sinningia hirsuta (Lindl.) Nichols
  45. Sinningia bulbosa (Ker-Gawl.) Wiehler
  46. Rechsteineria rutila Kuntze
  47. Niphaea oblonga Lindl.
  48. Nematanthus longipes DC.
  49. Kohleria bogotensis Fritsch
  50. Koellikeria argyrostigma (Hook.) Regel.
  51. Isoloma tubiflorum Decne.
  52. Isoloma pictum Planch.
  53. Gesneria x donkelaariana Lemair
  54. Gesnera leopoldi Scheidw. ex Planch.
  55. Gesnera braziliensis unidentified
  56. Dircaea blassii Regel
  57. Corytholoma splendens (Van Houtte) Fritsch
  58. Columnea schiedeana Schltdl.
  59. Columnea scandens L.
  60. Chirita sinensis Lindl.
  61. Aeschynanthus volubilis Jack
  62. Aeschynanthus ramosissima Wall.
  63. Aeschynanthus pulchra G.Don var. majus
  64. Aeschynanthus pulchra G.Don
  65. Aeschynanthus parasiticus (Roxb.) Wallich.
  66. Aeschynanthus longiflorus (Blume) DC.
  67. Aeschynanthus longicaulis Wall. ex R.Br.
  68. Aeschynanthus lamponga Miq.
  69. Achimenes ‘Venusta’
  70. Achimenes ‘Tugwelliana’
  71. Achimenes ‘Splendens’
  72. Achimenes ‘Sir Trecherne Thomas’
  73. Achimenes ‘Jayii’
  74. Achimenes ‘Floribunda Elegans’
  75. Achimenes ‘Dr. Hopf’
  76. Achimenes ‘Chelsonii’
  77. Achimenes ‘Baumanni Grandiflora’
  78. Achimenes x sanguinea (Hort. ex Hanst.) Regel ex Hanst.
  79. Achimenes skinneri ‘Grandiflora Maxima’
  80. Achimenes skinneri Lindl.
  81. Achimenes pedunculata Benth.
  82. Achimenes patens Benth.
  83. Achimenes mexicana Benth. & Hook.
  84. Achimenes longiflora ‘Major’
  85. Achimenes longiflora DC.
  86. Achimenes hirsuta ‘Carmesii’
  87. Achimenes hirsuta Lindl.
  88. Achimenes grandiflora f. liebmannii (Lem.) Voss
  89. Achimenes grandiflora DC.
  90. Achimenes erecta ‘Superba’
  91. Achimenes erecta ‘Splendens’
  92. Achimenes erecta ‘Pyropaea’
  93. Achimenes erecta ‘Intermedia’
  94. Achimenes erecta ‘Eximia’
  95. Achimenes erecta ‘Elegans’
  96. Achimenes erecta (Lam.) H.P.Fuchs var. rosea
  97. Achimenes erecta (Lam.) H.P.Fuchs