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Noun: family Gesneriaceae
  1. Large family of tropical herbs, shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
    - Gesneriaceae, gesneria family

Type of: asterid dicot family

Part of: order Polemoniales, Polemoniales

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family Gempylidae
family Gentianaceae
family Geoglossaceae
family Geometridae
family Geomyidae
family Geophilidae
family Geraniaceae
family Gerreidae
family Gerridae
family Gerrididae
family Gesneriaceae
family Gigartinaceae
family Ginkgoaceae
family Giraffidae
family Glareolidae
family Gleicheniaceae
family Gliridae
family Globigerinidae
family Glossinidae
family Gnetaceae
family Gobiesocidae