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Taxon:  Saintpaulia ionantha H. Wendl.



Summary
Genus:
Saintpaulia
Family:
Gesneriaceae
Nomen number:
401834
Place of publication:
Gartenflora 42:321, t. 1391, fig. 66. 1893
Verified:
03/30/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Saintpaulia ionantha H. Wendl. subsp. grotei (Engl.) I. Darbysh. (0 active accession[s])
Saintpaulia ionantha H. Wendl. subsp. ionantha (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Christenhusz, M. J. M. 2012. On African violets and Cape primroses - towards a monophyletic Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae). Phytotaxa 46:3-9. Note: = Streptocarpus ionanthus (H. Wendl.) Christenh.
  3. Demilly, D. et al. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7. 2001 Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  5. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  6. León, B. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. Spanish common names
  7. Li, H. L. et al., eds. Flora of Taiwan. 1975-1979 Note: mentions
  8. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  9. Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. China floral encyclopaedia. 1993
Common names
English
African-violet –
Usambara-violet –
French
saintpaulia –
violette d'Usambara –
German
Usambaraveilchen –
Spanish
violeta africana –
Swedish
saintpaulia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental


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