1. GESNERIAC EAE

2. Current Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree for Flowering Plants Bignoniaceae, LAMIALES

3. 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

4. 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

7. Aeschynanthus

8. Streptocarpus The African Violet, formerly Saintpaulia

9. Episcia

10. Alloplectus

11. Besleria

12. Columnea

16. Drymonia

17. Drymonia - a gangly tall herb of cloud forests

18. Sinningia (gloxinia)