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  The inflorescence of the recently described Cyrtandra vittata Bramley & H.J.Atkins. © Lynsey Wilson / RBGE
The inflorescence of the recently described Cyrtandra vittata Bramley & H.J.Atkins. © Lynsey Wilson / RBGE

Gesneriaceae

Administers: Gesneriaceae

External website: https://padme.rbge.org.uk/grc

Primary TENs contact: Hannah Atkins from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Gesneriaceae: A pan-tropical and species diverse family of ecological importance

The Gesneriaceae Resource Centre provides information to researchers interested in the plant family Gesneriaceae. It currently includes information on scientific names, infra-family classification, publications and cytology. This is an ongoing project which has grown out of the World Checklist of Gesneriaceae’ databases previously hosted at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History (Department of Botany, US), and is constantly being updated and expanded.

Contributors

  • Michael Möller (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK)
  • Hannah Atkins (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK)
  • Kanae Nishii (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK)
  • Martin Pullan (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK)
  • John L. Clark (The Lawrenceville School, USA)
  • Laurence E. Skog (Smithsonian Institution, USA)
  • Hong Xin (Anhui University, China)
  • Wen Fang (Guangxi Institute of Botany, China)
  • Alain Chautems (Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève (G), Switzerland)
  • David J. Middleton (Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore)

Key Literature

Acknowledgements:

We thank the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) for supporting and hosting GRC. The RBGE Sibbald Trust and the RBGE Friends’ Small Projects Fund are greatly acknowledged for funding the GRC. The Gesneriad Society, Inc. is acknowledged for their ongoing support and feedback.