Streptocarpus teitensis

Streptocarpus teitensis, synonym Saintpaulia teitensis,[2] is a species of Streptocarpus in the section Saintpaulia. It is endemic to 1 square kilometer on Mbololo Hill in the Taita Hills of southern Kenya. The total population is estimated at less than 2,500 individual plants in the wild.[1]

Streptocarpus teitensis
In cultivation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Streptocarpus
Section: S. sect. Saintpaulia
Species:
S. teitensis
Binomial name
Streptocarpus teitensis
(B.L.Burtt) Christenh.[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Saintpaulia teitensis B.L.Burtt

References

  • Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 559 1958.


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