Streptocarpus brevipilosus

Streptocarpus brevipilosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania.[1] It was first described in 1964 as Saintpaulia brevipilosa.[2] The former genus Saintpaulia was reduced to Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia in 2015, and the species moved to Streptocarpus.[3] It is found in the Nguru Mountains of Tanzania.[1]

Streptocarpus brevipilosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Streptocarpus
Section: S. sect. Saintpaulia
Species:
S. brevipilosus
Binomial name
Streptocarpus brevipilosus
(B.L.Burtt) Mich.Möller & Haston[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Saintpaulia brevipilosa B.L.Burtt

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Streptocarpus brevipilosus (B.L.Burtt) Mich.Möller & Haston", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-10-21
  2. ^ "Streptocarpus brevipilosus (B.L.Burtt) Mich.Möller & Haston", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2020-10-21
  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, retrieved 2020-03-12