African Violets

Gloxinia & Gesneriad

National Capital Area Chapter The Gesneriad Society at the National Arboretum Washington, D.C.

The African Violet Society of Canada This photo gallery illustrates a few examples of the many genera and species of the gesneriad family other than African violets. Read the captions for the names of the varieties and a brief description.

Gesneriads at Flickr:

African Violets and Gesneriads Discussion Forum

Pictures and albums about Gesneriads published in home-and-garden

Gesneriad Forum This forum is for the discussion of gesneriads, plants of the family Gesneriaceae.

The African Violet Society of Canada This photo gallery illustrates a few examples of the many genera and species of the gesneriad family other than African violets. Read the captions for the names of the varieties and a brief description.

Gesneriads at Flickr:

African Violets and Gesneriads Discussion Forum

Pictures and albums about Gesneriads published in home-and-garden

Gesneriad Forum This forum is for the discussion of gesneriads, plants of the family Gesneriaceae.

Gesneriad Propagation Information on growing from seed, stem and leaf cuttings, and rhizomes.

Gesneriad Reference Web A visual reference to the Gesneriaceae, a large family comprising mostly tropical herbs and shrubs, including many popular cultivated ornamentals, such as gloxinias and African violets.

The American Gloxinia and Gesneriad Society

Gesneriads Information on the plant family to which African Violets and Florist Gloxinias belong

Gesneriphiles, the electronic gesneriad mailing list

Gesneriad Image Reference Ron has put up 155+ high res images of gesneriads.

The Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History Web site includes an extensive gesneriad bibliography, among other fascinating topics.

Gesneriads for the Florida Gardener provides cultural information applicable to all climates.

The Gesneriasts of Sweden, an AGGS chapter, provides this Swedish language page (with English translations), includes photographs.

CrossWords, a newsletter published by the Gesneriad Hybridizers' Association.