Streptocarpus teitensis | |
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In cultivation | |
Conservation status | |
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
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. | |
Synonyms | |
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Streptocarpus teitensis, synonym Saintpaulia teitensis, 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.
References
- ^ IUCN Redlist entry
- ^ "Streptocarpus teitensis (B.L.Burtt) Christenh.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-03-11
- Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 559 1958.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Streptocarpus teitensis | |
Saintpaulia teitensis |
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