Saintpaulia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Didymocarpoideae
Tribus: Trichosporeae
Subtribus: Streptocarpinae
Genus: Saintpaulia
Species: S. goetzeana – S. inconspicua – S. ionantha – S. pusilla – S. shumensis – S. teitensis – S. tongwensis – S. ulugurensis – S. watkinsii

Name

Saintpaulia H.Wendl.
Note: In synonymy with Streptocarpus but see Catol-Hassler (2020)

References

• Hassler, M. 2020. Saintpaulia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 July 4. Reference page. 
• Nishii, K., Hughes, M., Briggs, M., Haston, E., Christie, F., DeVilliers, M.J., Hanekom, T., Roos, W.G., Bellstedt, D.U. & Möller, M. 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. Taxon 64(6): 1243-1274. DOI: 10.12705/646.8 PDF Reference page. 
• Weber, A., Middleton, D.J. & Clark, J.L. 2020. Keys to the infrafamilial taxa and genera of Gesneriaceae. Rheedia: Journal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy 30(1): 05-47. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.02 PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Africká fialka
English: African Violet
suomi: Paavalinkukat
Nederlands: Kaaps viooltje
Türkçe: Afrika menekşesi

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