1.Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity，Fairylake Botanical Garden，Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences，Shenzhen，Guangdong 518004；2.Fairylake Botanical Garden，Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences，Shenzhen，Guangdong 518004
The efficient cutting propagation methods were surveyed on the genera of Primulina，Hemiboea，Petrocosmea，Lysionotus，Aeschynanthus，Saintpaulia，Sinningia，and Kohleria.The effect of four type of matrix composite were analyzed comparatively.The growth characteristics of cutting plants of Gesneriaceae were summarized and the advantages and disadvantages of various matrix were analyzed，and the most efficient cutting propagation method was found on every genus in this paper.The results showed the most economical and convenient matrix formula in leaf cuttage was vermiculite+perlite，and the most convenient matrix formula in branch cuttage was river sand+peat+vermiculite+perlite matrix formula in the Gesneriaceae plant cutting.