Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Lamiales - (Family) Gesneriaceae

Original position

Angiospermia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Subsequent positions

Columneeae (Tribe) Fritsch (1893)
Episcieae (Tribe) Endl. (1839)

Current position

Episcieae (Tribe) Endl. (1839)

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 357.

Alternative positions

Angiospermia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 638.
Columneeae (Tribe) Fritsch (1893)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 458.
Gesneriaceae (Family) Rich. & Juss. (1816), nom. cons.	Ref: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden, 2010: 26 Aug 2011.
Gesnerioideae (Subfamily) (Richard & Jussieu, 1804 ex Richard & Jussieu, in DC., 1816) Burnett (1835)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 455.

Historical positions

Episcieae (Tribe) Endl. (1839)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 357.
Columneeae (Tribe) Fritsch (1893)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 458.
Gesnerioideae (Subfamily) (Richard & Jussieu, 1804 ex Richard & Jussieu, in DC., 1816) Burnett (1835)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 455.
Angiospermia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 638.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	194s