Biology:Streptocarpus goetzeanus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Streptocarpus goetzeanus
Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1900) (19781434593).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: [[Biology:|Streptocarpus]]
Section: S. sect. Saintpaulia
Species:
S. goetzeanus
Binomial name
Streptocarpus goetzeanus
Synonyms[1]
  • Saintpaulia goetzeana Engl.

Streptocarpus goetzeanus, synonym Saintpaulia goetzeana, is a species of Streptocarpus in the section Saintpaulia, commonly known as an African violet. It is a small, flowering plant that is used widely in home horticulture. S. goetzeana was first collected in 1898 by W. Goetze, and it was later described as a species by Engler in 1900.[2]

Characteristics

Streptocarpus goetzeanus has stems of about 40 cm in length with leaves of 1.6-3.8 cm long and 1.4-3.6 cm wide.[3] The flower is unique to the species. It has five petals, where the top two are violet and the bottom three are white.[2]

Distribution

Members of Streptocarpus section Saintpaulia are native to eastern tropical Africa. There is a concentration of species in the Nguru Mountains of Tanzania. This particular species is only found at the higher elevations of 1300–2000 meters.[2]

Cultivation

Streptocarpus goetzeanus is very hard to cultivate due to the narrow conditions it needs to grow, such as mossy rock surfaces in deep shade.[2] These conditions are hard to reproduce, making cultivation difficult.

References

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