Kalmar "GESNERIACEAE" tana nufin dangin tsire-tsire masu fure waɗanda suka haɗa da nau'ikan nau'ikan sama da 3,000, waɗanda yawancin su ana noma su azaman kayan ado. Sunan dangin suna bayan Conrad Gesner, masanin halitta kuma likita dan kasar Switzerland wanda ya rayu a karni na 16. Membobin dangin Gesneriaceae ana samun su a yankuna masu zafi da na wurare masu zafi a duniya, tare da mafi girman bambancin a Kudancin Amurka da Tsakiyar Amurka da kudu maso gabashin Asiya. Yawancin 'yan uwa suna da furanni masu launin furanni kuma sun shahara kamar tsire-tsire na gida ko a cikin aikin gona. Misalai na sanannun jinsin halittu a cikin wannan iyali sun haɗa da violet na Afirka (Saintpaulia), gloxinia (Sinningia), da lipstick shuka (Aeschynanthus).