GESNERIAC EAE
Current Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree for Flowering Plants Bignoniaceae, LAMIALES
Acanthaceae Bignoniaceae Byblidaceae Carlemanniaceae Cyclocheilaceae Lamiaceae Lentibulariaceae Martyniaceae Myoporaceae Orobanchaceae Paulowniaceae Pedaliaceae Phrymaceae Plantaginaceae Schlegeliaceae Scrophulariaceae Stilbaceae Verbenaceae Asterids with superior ovaries, leaves mostly opposite bilateral symmetry, stamens fewer than petals fruit a capsule
Lamiales with hairy leaves leaves of a pair unequal many small seeds parietal placentation Gesneriaceae are not often eaten by the caterpillar larvae of butterflies (Ehrlich & Raven 1964). Gesneriaceae
Aeschynanthus
Streptocarpus The African Violet, formerly Saintpaulia
Episcia
Alloplectus
Besleria
Columnea
Drymonia
Drymonia - a gangly tall herb of cloud forests
Sinningia (gloxinia)