Streptocarpus saxorum

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Streptocarpus saxorum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Streptocarpus
Subgenus: S. subg. Streptocarpella
Species:
S. saxorum
Binomial name
Streptocarpus saxorum

Streptocarpus saxorum, called the false African violet, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Streptocarpus , subgenus Streptocarpella, native to Kenya and Tanzania. [3] [4] It is an evergreen perennial that often bears flowers nearly year-round. [4] Its "compact" variety has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a houseplant. [5]

References

  1. IUCN SSC East African Plants Red List Authority (2014). "Streptocarpus saxorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T158077A759871. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T158077A759871.en . Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 154 (1894)
  3. "Streptocarpus saxorum Engl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Streptocarpus saxorum false African violet". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  5. "Streptocarpus saxorum compact". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 18 March 2021.