Home › Entities › taxon › Gesneriaceae

Gesneriaceae

family of plants
Taxon taxon Q156686
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Gesneriaceae

Summary

Gesneriaceae is a taxon[1]. Gesneriaceae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gesneriaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Gesneriaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Gesneriaceae belongs to the parent taxon Scrophulariales[5].
  • Gesneriaceae is classified within Tubiflorae[6].
  • Gesneriaceae belongs to the parent taxon Personales[7].
  • Gesneriaceae is classified within Lamiales[8].
  • Gesneriaceae is classified within Gesneriineae[9].
  • Gesneriaceae's scientific name is Gesneriaceae[10].
  • Gesneriaceae's Commons category is recorded as Gesneriaceae[11].
  • The taxonomic type of Gesneriaceae is Gesneria[12].
  • Gesneriaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gesneriaceae[13].
  • Gesneriaceae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • Gesneriaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 69[15].
  • Gesneriaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=477[16].
  • Gesneriaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gesneriads'}[17].
  • Gesneriaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Gesneriakasvit'}[18].
  • Gesneriaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'イワタバコ科'}[19].
  • Gesneriaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Gloxinia-achtigen'}[20].
  • Gesneriaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Геснерієві'}[21].
  • Gesneriaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '苦苣苔科'}[22].
  • Gesneriaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '苦苣苔科'}[23].
  • Gesneriaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'gesnerijevke'}[24].
  • Gesneriaceae's uses is recorded as CAM photosynthesis[25].

Body

Classification

Gesneriaceae's scientific name is Gesneriaceae[10]. Gesneriaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Scrophulariales[5], Tubiflorae[6], Personales[7], Lamiales[8], and Gesneriineae[9]. The taxonomic type of Gesneriaceae is Gesneria[12]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gesneriads'}[17], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Gesneriakasvit'}[18], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'イワタバコ科'}[19], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Gloxinia-achtigen'}[20], {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Геснерієві'}[21], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '苦苣苔科'}[22].

Identifiers

Gesneriaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 71520[26]. Gesneriaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 26122[27]. Gesneriaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4423[28]. Gesneriaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6654[29]. Gesneriaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 34085[30].

Why It Matters

Gesneriaceae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2] Gesneriaceae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Gesneriaceae is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [28] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 69. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Gesneriaceae. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gesneriaceae
MLA “Gesneriaceae.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gesneriaceae.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gesneriaceae_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Gesneriaceae}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gesneriaceae}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Gesneriaceae — https://4ort.xyz/entity/gesneriaceae (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gesneriaceae · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Taxonomic type → Gesneria
    Uses → CAM photosynthesis
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22864, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.