Gesneriaceae

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Common epiphyte families found in Sumatra include Orchidaceae, Gesneriaceae, Melastomaceae, Asclepidiaceae, and Rubiaceae.

Sumatran lowland rain forests 2008
Examples of such species include Gesneriaceae such as Monophyllae beccarii, M. horsfieldii and Cytandra spp.

Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia 2008
Although limestone forest has little commercially valuable timber, herbs such as Balsaminaceae, Begoniaceae, and Gesneriaceae (which are well represented in this ecoregion) have horticultural potential.

Borneo lowland rain forests 2008
There are also two other endemic genera in the families Asteraceae and Gesneriaceae.

Lord Howe Island Group, Australia 2008
Strict endemic species are best represented in the families Rubiaceae (11 spp.), Compositae (9 spp.), Gesneriaceae (8 spp.), Euphorbiaceae (7 spp.), Orchidaceae (7 spp., in the genus Lepanthes), and Myrtaceae (6 spp.).

Jamaican moist forests 2008