Links to other Gesneriaceae websites
Annotated Bibliography of
Gesneriaceae
(by L.E.Skog & J.L.Boggan, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC)
Indispensable for search of scientific literature on Gesneriaceae
Introduction: http://persoon.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/bibliography/
Query page: http://persoon.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/bibliography/query.cfm
World Checklist of
Gesneriaceae
(by J.L.Boggan & L.E.Skog, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC)
Indispensable for search of scientific names of Gesneriaceae
Introduction: http://persoon.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/checklist/
Query page: http://persoon.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/checklist/query.cfm
Botany Greenhouses.
Plant of the week
Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology
Excellent photographs by Leslie Brothers
Query page (select family Gesneriaceae): http://persoon.si.edu/plofweek/query.cfm
The Gesneriad
Society
(formerly the American Gloxinia and
Gesneriad Society, AGGS)
General information: http://www.gesneriadsociety.org/
The Gesneriad Refence Web
(by Ron Myhr)
Includes over 1500 images and a number of botanically-oriented articles: http://www.gesneriads.ca/
Image index (alphabetical listing): http://www.gesneriads.ca/alphabet.htm
Search page: http://www.gesneriads.ca/search.htm
Historical illustrations: http://www.gesneriads.ca/antique_gesneriad_prints.htm
Missouri Botanical Garden:
W3 Tropicos
Tropicos Image Index: http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/image/imagefr.html
Under "Gesneriaceae" a large number of species is illustrated in the form of
photos of living plants, photos of herbarium specimens (types), and line drawings (esp.
Chinese taxa)
Plantas
brasilieiras. Brazilian plants (by Mauro Peixoto)
Photos of many Brazilian plants, including Gesneriaceae: http://brazilplants.cjb.net
and http://sites.uol.com.br/mpeixoto/index.html
Taxonomie des Gesneriaceae du
Bresil (by Alain Chautems)
Genera and species of Brazilian Gesneriaceae: http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/recherche/biomol/taxogesne.html
Gesneriads.com
Wallace Well's Gesneriad Homepage
http://www.gesneriads.com/
Basic photo gallery: http://www.gesneriads.com/gallery.html
Texas A & M University,
Bioinformatic Working group
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/gallery.htm
Photos of Gesneriaceae: http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/imaxxgsn.htm
Gesneriasterna
Swedish gesneriad organization, affiliated with the AGGS, but with its own international
style, in both Swedish and English: http://www.gesneriasterna.se/
The African Violet Society
of America
http://www.avsa.org/
Photographs (cultivars of Saintpaulia): http://www.avsa.org/Photographs.asp
Karen's Kiwi violet room
http://www.angelfire.com/id/goldenkiwi/AfricanViolets.html
Montréal Botanic Garden's gesneriad collection. Botany and classification
(in French)
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/vedettes/gesneriacees/gesneriacees.htm
Research in Old World Gesneriaceae at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
http://www.rbge.org.uk/rbge/web/science/research/tropdivers/gesners.jsp
Plantas Brasileras - Brasilian plants
http://mpeixoto.sites.uol.com.br/index.html