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