Links to Gesneriad Sites
The Gesneriad Society (http://www.gesneriadsociety.org)
Become a member here.
Brazil Plants & the Brazil Seed Fund
A Yahoo Group for people interested in saving and preserving the bio-diversity of the Brazilian plants. Run by Mauro Peixoto.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/brazilplants/ and http://mpeixoto.sites.uol.com.br/
Brian Connor is the Seed Fund Coordinator for the National Capital Area Chapter.
World Checklist of Gesneriaceae
The World Checklist of Gesneriaceae by the Smithsonian Institution is a compilation of all published names in the family Gesneriaceae. The World Checklist is a work in progress and is updated periodically as new names, combinations, and synonymies are published in the literature.
http://persoon.si.edu/Gesneriaceae/checklist/
The Gesneriad Research Center (GRC) is the newly establish gesneriad research arm of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens' Center for Tropical Plant Science and Conservation.
http://gesneriadresearchcenter.blogspot.com/
Gesneriphiles
The gesneriphiles mailing list is an international group of individuals who share a common enthusiasm for Gesneriads. Participants on the mailing list range from beginners to experienced academic botanists and hybridizers. Subscription information: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/gesneriphiles
The Genera of Gesneriaceae
Basic information with illustration of selected species by Anton Weber in Vienna and our own Larry Skog.
http://www.genera-gesneriaceae.at
The Long Island Gesneriad Society
A chapter of The Gesneriad Society formed to serve the needs of gesneriad growers in Nassau and Suffolk counties and nearby Queens County, New York. http://gesneriadlongisland.googlepages.com/home
African Violet Society of America (AVSA)
Beaumont, TX, USA, local clubs all over the world
Magazine: "African Violet"
http://www.avsa.com
Find here also numerous AVSA affiliate websites, horticultural organizations
and African Violet non-profit websites
The Mid-Atlantic African Violet Society
http://www.maavs.org
The Old Dominion African Violet Society
The Old Dominion African Violet Society of Northern Virginia is a club devoted to the growing and enjoyment of the African Violet.
http://www.odavs.com
Saintpaulia and Houseplant Society
Ilford, Essex, UK
http://www.ashill.org/organisations/stpaulia.htm
Société des Saintpaulia de Montréal
Sherbrooke, East Montreal, CAN
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/vedettes/gesneriacees/gesneriacees.htm
British Streptocarpus Society
http://www.streptocarpussociety.org.uk/aboutthesociety.htm
Sinningia and Friends
http://www.burwur.net/sinns/sinns.htm