7823.000 Streptocarpus Lindl.

Description of the genus

Description as for the family but with the fruit twisting spirally before maturity.

Worldwide: 125 species in tropical Africa, South Africa and Madagascar

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

 No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species

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SpeciesContent
saxorum Engl.

Other sources of information about Streptocarpus:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Streptocarpus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Streptocarpus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Streptocarpus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Streptocarpus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Streptocarpus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Streptocarpus
JSTOR Plant Science: Streptocarpus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Streptocarpus
Plants of the World Online: Streptocarpus
Tropicos: Streptocarpus
Wikipedia: Streptocarpus
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Streptocarpus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1318, retrieved 5 December 2025

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