gesneria

/ ɡɛsˈnɪərɪə /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gesneria¹

named after Conrad Gesner, 1516–65, Swiss naturalist

Example Sentences

In Gesneria the several parts of the flower are arranged on nearly the same plan as in Digitalis, and most or all of the species are dichogamous.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus, the crossed and self-fertilised flowers on the parent-plants of Ipomoea, Gesneria, Salvia, Limnanthes, Lobelia fulgens, and Nolana produced a nearly equal number of seeds, yet the plants raised from the crossed seeds exceeded considerably in height those raised from the self-fertilised seeds.

From Project Gutenberg

Gesneria pendulina:   8 : 32.06 : 8 : 29.14 : 90.

From Project Gutenberg

Mimulus luteus; height, vigour, and fertility of the crossed and self-fertilised plants of the first four generations.—Appearance of a new, tall, and highly self-fertile variety.—Offspring from a cross between self-fertilised plants.—Effects of a cross with a fresh stock.—Effects of crossing flowers on the same plant.—Summary on Mimulus luteus.—Digitalis purpurea, superiority of the crossed plants.—Effects of crossing flowers on the same plant.—Calceolaria.—Linaria vulgaris.—Verbascum thapsus.—Vandellia nummularifolia.—Cleistogene flowers.—Gesneria pendulina.—Salvia coccinea.—Origanum vulgare, great increase of the crossed plants by stolons.—Thunbergia alata.

From Project Gutenberg

The stigma of Gesneria pendulina sometimes protrudes far beyond, and is sometimes seated beneath the anthers; so it is with Oxalis acetosella and various other plants.

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