asterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

order Polemoniales, Polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales

gesneriad - any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia

genus Gesneria - large genus of tropical American herbs having showy tubular flowers

genus Achimenes - genus of tropical perennial American herbs

genus Aeschynanthus - large genus of East Indian ornamental woody epiphytic plants

Alsobia, genus Alsobia - tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia

genus Columnea - genus of tropical American subshrubs and lianas

genus Episcia - genus of tropical American herbs having soft hairy foliage

genus Gloxinia - small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers

gloxinia - any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers

genus Kohleria - genus of tropical American shrubs

genus Saintpaulia, Saintpaulia - east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated

genus Sinningia, Sinningia - genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America

genus Streptocarpus - large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose