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Gesneriads at Selby Gardens The following provides a summary of the living Gesneriaceae maintined at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens as of August, 2005. Click on the species names where highlighted for a picture.  Note: not all species are on public display. Achimenes   erecta (habit) (flowers) Belize, Cayo   Aeschynanthus   boschianus    Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   curtisii Malesia, Borneo Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   evrardii  (habit) (flowers) Vietnam   Aeschynanthus   fecundus Thailand Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   gracilis Bhutan-Sikkim   Aeschynanthus   guttatus   Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   hartleyi   Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   hians Malesia, Borneo Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   hosseusii   Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   humilis   Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   longicaulis   Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus cf. magnificus Malesia, Borneo   Aeschynanthus   micranthus   Phil Nelson  Aeschynanthus   parasiticus     Aeschynanthus   parviflorus Nepal Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   parvifolius Malesia, Lesser Sunda Is. Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   radicans   Phil Nelson Aeschynanthus   sikkimensis     Aeschynanthus   speciosus Malesia, Borneo   Aeschynanthus   tricolor   Phil Nelson Alloplectus   cristatus Surinam   Alsobia   dianthiflora Costa Rica, Guanacaste Phil Nelson Chrysothemis   fredrichsthaliana Costa Rica, San Jose Phil Nelson Chrysothemis   pulchella   Phil Nelson Cobananthus   calochlamys Guatemala, Alta Verapaz Phil Nelson  Codonanthe   calcarata 'Puyo' Ecuador, Pastaza Phil Nelson  Codonanthe   caribaea Venezuela, Miranda Phil Nelson Codonanthe   carnosa Brazil, Rio De Janeiro Phil Nelson Codonanthe   corniculata Peru, Loreto   Codonanthe   crassifolia  Costa Rica, Puntarenas Phil Nelson Codonanthe   crassifolia Panama, Bocas Del Toro   Codonanthe   crassifolia Peru, Loreto Phil Nelson Codonanthe   crassifolia Ecuador, Napo   Codonanthe   crassifolia Brazil, Bahia   Codonanthe   devosiana Brazil, Sao Paulo Phil Nelson Codonanthe   digna   Phil Nelson Codonanthe   gracilis Brazil, Para Phil Nelson Codonanthe   macradenia Panama, Colon Phil Nelson Codonanthopsis   ulei Brazil, Amazonas Phil Nelson Columnea   arguta Panama,  Darien Bruce Holst Columnea   bonnensis Costa Rica Bruce Holst Columnea   brenneri 'Red Bird'  Phil Nelson Columnea   citriflora Panama, Darien Phil Nelson Columnea   colombiana Colombia, Valle Phil Nelson Columnea   dressleri Panama, Cocle   Columnea   eburnea Ecuador, Esmeraldas Phil Nelson Columnea   elongatifolia Ecuador, Pastaza Phil Nelson Columnea   flexiflora Ecuador, Morona-Santiago Phil Nelson Columnea   hirsuta var. fawcettii Jamaica, St. Ann Parish Phil Nelson Columnea   hirsutissima Panama, Chiriqui   Columnea   linearis  Costa Rica, Cartago Phil Nelson  Columnea   mastersonii Ecuador, Pichincha   Columnea   medicinalis Ecuador, Esmeraldas   Columnea   mira Panama, Darien Phil Nelson Columnea cf. nicaraguensis Panama, Bocas Del Toro Phil Nelson Columnea   ornata (flower) (fruit) Costa Rica, San Jose Phil Nelson Columnea cf. picta Ecuador, Pichincha   Columnea   polyantha Panama, Chiriqui Phil Nelson Columnea   proctori/subcordata   Phil Nelson Columnea   purpurata Belize, Toledo   Columnea   querceti Costa Rica, Guanacaste Phil Nelson   Columnea   raymondii Costa Rica, San Jose Phil Nelson Columnea   rubricaulis Costa Rica, Cartago Phil Nelson  Columnea   rubricaulis Ecuador, Esmeraldas   Columnea   rubricaulis Honduras, Copan   Columnea   sanguinea Venezuela Phil Nelson  Columnea   scandens   Phil Nelson Columnea   schiedeana Mexico, Oaxaca Phil Nelson  Columnea   schiedeana Mexico, Veracruz   Columnea   segregata Panama, Chiriqui Phil Nelson Columnea   spathulata Venezuela, Aragua Phil Nelson Columnea   steyermarkii Venezuela, Falcon Phil Nelson Columnea   verecunda  Costa Rica, Limon Phil Nelson Corytoplectus   speciosus  Peru, Cuzco Bruce Holst Drymonia   conchocalyx Panama, Cocle Phil Nelson Drymonia   coriacea (buds) (flowers)  Panama, Veraguas Buds: Phil Nelson; flowers: Bruce Holst Drymonia   ecuadorensis Ecuador, Pichincha Phil Nelson Drymonia   killipii  Colombia, Valle Phil Nelson Drymonia    macrantha (habit) (flowers)  Costa Rica, Puntarenas Phil Nelson Drymonia   microphylla Panama, Panama   Drymonia   pendula  Peru, Cuzco Phil Nelson Drymonia   rhodoloma Ecuador, Los Rios Phil Nelson Drymonia   serrulata Colombia, Valle   Drymonia   stenophylla Panama, Colon Phil Nelson Drymonia   sp. (flowers) (fruit ) Costa Rica, San Jose Phil Nelson Drymonia   turrialvae Costa Rica, San Jose Phil Nelson Drymonia   uninerva   Phil Nelson Episcia   lilacina 'Blue Nile'  Phil Nelson Gasteranthus   atratus (plant) (flower) Ecuador, Pichincha Plant: Bruce Holst; flowers: Phil Nelson Gloxinia   purpurascens Bolivia Bruce Holst Gloxinia   sylvatica   Bruce Holst Kohleria   amabilis Ecuador, Morona-Santiago Phil Nelson Kohleria   spicata Costa Rica, San Jose Phil Nelson Nautilocalyx   colombianus Costa Rica Phil Nelson  Nematanthus   albus (habit) (flower)  Brazil, Espirito Santo Phil Nelson Nematanthus   fissus Brazil, Sao Paulo Phil Nelson Nematanthus   fritschii Brazil, Sao Paulo   Nematanthus   gregarius Brazil, Sao Paulo Phil Nelson Nemathanthus   hirtellus Brazil Phil Nelson Nematanthus   maculatus Brazil, Sao Paulo Phil Nelson Nematanthus   tessmannii   Phil Nelson Neomortonia   nummularia Costa Rica Bruce Holst Neomortonia   rosea Ecuador, Esmeraldas   Paliavana   sp. (habit) (flowers)  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Phil Nelson Paradrymonia   ciliosa Venezuela, Miranda Phil Nelson Paradrymonia   hypocyrta Ecuador, Los Rios Phil Nelson Paradrymonia   lacera Ecuador, Cotopaxi Phil Nelson Paradrymonia   pedunculata Costa Rica Phil Nelson Rhoogeton   panamensis Costa Rica, San Jose Phil Nelson Rufodorsia   major Panama, Panama Phil Nelson Rufodorsia   minor Panama, Colon   Sinningia   bulbosa Brazil, Rio De Janeiro Phil Nelson Sinningia   canescens Horticulture Phil Nelson Sinningia   cooperi Brazil   Sinningia   kautskyi Brazil, Espirito Santo Phil Nelson Sinningia    sellovii (habit) (flowers)  Brazil Phil Nelson

Selby Gardens is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Christmas.

Adults $17, Children 6-11 $6, Members Free.

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

811 South Palm Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
941-366-5731
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