Streptocarpus afroviola | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Streptocarpus |
Section: | S. sect. Saintpaulia |
Species: | S. afroviola
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Binomial name | |
Streptocarpus afroviola Christenh.
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Streptocarpus afroviola, synonym Saintpaulia pusilla, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania. [1] It was first described in 1900 by Adolf Engler as Saintpaulia pusilla. [2] The former genus Saintpaulia was reduced to Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia, [3] and the species was moved to Streptocarpus. However, the name Streptocarpus pusillus had been used in 1883 for a different species, so Maarten J. M. Christenhusz put forward the replacement name Streptocarpus afroviola. [4]
Streptocarpus afroviola is known from four mountain ranges in Tanzania: the Uluguru, Ukaguru, Nguru and Udzungwa mountains, although it has only been found in a single site on each of the Ukaguru and Nguru Mountains. It grows on shady rockfaces and moss-covered rocks in montane rainforest at elevations of 1,300–1,750 m (4,270–5,740 ft). [1]
Streptocarpus afroviola | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Genus: | Streptocarpus |
Section: | S. sect. Saintpaulia |
Species: | S. afroviola
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Binomial name | |
Streptocarpus afroviola Christenh.
[1]
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Streptocarpus afroviola, synonym Saintpaulia pusilla, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania. [1] It was first described in 1900 by Adolf Engler as Saintpaulia pusilla. [2] The former genus Saintpaulia was reduced to Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia, [3] and the species was moved to Streptocarpus. However, the name Streptocarpus pusillus had been used in 1883 for a different species, so Maarten J. M. Christenhusz put forward the replacement name Streptocarpus afroviola. [4]
Streptocarpus afroviola is known from four mountain ranges in Tanzania: the Uluguru, Ukaguru, Nguru and Udzungwa mountains, although it has only been found in a single site on each of the Ukaguru and Nguru Mountains. It grows on shady rockfaces and moss-covered rocks in montane rainforest at elevations of 1,300–1,750 m (4,270–5,740 ft). [1]