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]
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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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Distribution and habitat
editStreptocarpus 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
edit- ^ a b c d "Streptocarpus afroviola Christenh.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-10-20
- ^ "Saintpaulia pusilla Engl.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2020-10-20
- ^ 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, retrieved 2020-03-12
- ^ "Streptocarpus afroviola Christenh.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2020-10-20