page_title: Streptocarpus
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Streptocarpus / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Streptocarpus lilliputana flowers
context_page_description: A popular house plant, Streptocarpus, is an Afrotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. The genus is native to Afromontane biotopes from central, eastern and southern Africa, including Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. The flowers are five-petalled, salverform tubes, almost orchid-like in appearance, and hover or arch over the plant. In the wild, species can be found growing on shaded rocky hillsides or cliffs, on the ground, in rock crevices, and almost anywhere the seed can germinate and grow. For the home, there are now many hybrids of various colours and forms available.
  Although generally referred to simply as "Streptocarpus", or "Streps", the common name for subgenus Streptocarpus is Cape primrose, referring to the nativity of several species to South Africa and their superficial resemblance to the unrelated genus Primula. The common name for subgenus Streptocarpella is nodding violet. Saintpaulia is a separate section within Streptocarpus subgenus Streptocarpella.
  There are a few odd Asian species of Streptocarpus that however do not belong in the genus.
context_section_description: About 155 species of Streptocarpus are currently recognized, the first to be described being Streptocarpus rexii.
  A complete list of the species and their synonyms can be found at the Smithsonian's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae.
  A list of selected species from representative locales follows:
  S. andohahelensis Humbert (Madagascar)
  S. candidus Hilliard - scented (South Africa, Natal)
  S. caulescens Vatke (Kenya, Tanzania)
  S. confusus Hilliard (South Africa)
  S. cooperi C.B.Clarke (South Africa)
  S. cyaneus S. Moore (South Africa, Transvaal)
  S. denticulatus (South Africa)
  S. dolomiticus - in the process of being described (origin unknown)
  S. dunnii Hook. f. (South Africa)
  S. elongatus Engl. (Cameroon, San Thomé Island, Sudan)
  S. eylsii S.Moore - scented (Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia)
  S. fanniniae Harv. Ex C. B. Cl. - scented (South Africa)
  S. fenestra-dei Weigend & T.J.Edwards (South Africa, Transvaal)
  S. formosus (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) T.J.Edwards (South Africa)
  S. gardenii Hook. (South Africa, Natal)
  S. glandulosissimus Engl. (Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda)
  S. insularis Hutch. & Dalziel (West Africa: Fernando Po Island)
  S. kentaniensis L.L.Britten & Story (Congo)
  S. liliputana D.U.Bellstedt & T.J.Edwards (Pondoland in Eastern Cape, South Africa)
  S. meyeri B.L. Burtt (South Africa)
  S. milanjianus Hilliard & B.L.Burtt (Malawi)
  S. modestus L.L.Britten (South Africa)
  S. pentherianus (South Africa)
  S. polyanthus Hook. (South Africa)
  S. pusillus Harv. ex C.B.Clarke (South Africa)
  S. revivescens Humbert ex B.L.Burtt (Madagascar)
  S. rexii (Bowie ex Hook.) Lindl. (South Africa)
  S. rhodesianus S.Moore (Angola, Katanga, Zambia)
  S. saxorum Engl. (Kenya, Tanzania)
  S. trabeculatus Hilliard (South Africa)
  S. vandeleurii Baker f. & S.Moore - scented (South Africa)
  S. variabilis Humbert (Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Anjouan Island)
  S. wilmsii Engl. (South Africa)
  S. zimmermannii Engl. (Tanzania)
caption: Streptocarpus liliputana flowers, close-up
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