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African Violets and Other Gesneriads for Modern Living
African Violets and Other Gesneriads for Modern Living Author:M. Jane Coleman Helmer There are more than 120 known types (genera) of gesneriads, and half of these -with hundreds of species and varieties- can be cultivated as indoor or greenhouse plants. Many of them, however, are available only from specialists; and all have been adequately described for gesneriad enthusiasts: lists some books for further reading and other resou... more »rce material.
In this book, the number of different gesneriad types has purposely been limited to those that are generally available, and that have proved both tolerant and rewarding as indoor plants. African violets and other gesneriads here are the genera Achimenes, Aeschynanthus, Codonanthe, Golumnea, Episcia, Gesneria, Nautilocalyx, Nematan thus, Saintpaulia, Sinningia, Smithiantha and Streptocarpus.« less