Streptocarpus afroviola

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Streptocarpus afroviola
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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
Binomial name
Streptocarpus afroviola
Christenh. [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Saintpaulia pusillaEngl.
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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]

Distribution and habitat

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Streptocarpus afroviolaChristenh.", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2020-10-20
  2. ↑ "Saintpaulia pusilla Engl.", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2020-10-20
  3. ↑ Nishii, Kanae; Hughes, Mark; Briggs, Marie; Haston, Elspeth; Christie, Frieda; DeVilliers, Margaret J.; Hanekom, Thea; Roos, Wiets G.; Bellstedt, Dirk U. & Möller, Michael (2015), "Streptocarpus redefined to include all Afro-Malagasy Gesneriaceae: Molecular phylogenies prove congruent with geographical distribution and basic chromosome numbers and uncover remarkable morphological homoplasies" (PDF), Taxon, 64 (6): 1243–1274, doi:10.12705/646.8, archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-03-22, retrieved 2020-03-12
  4. ↑ "Streptocarpus afroviola Christenh.", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2020-10-20
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