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Streptocarpus glandulosissimus

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Streptocarpus glandulosissimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Streptocarpus
Species:
S. glandulosissimus
Binomial name
Streptocarpus glandulosissimus
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Streptocarpus bequaertii De Wild.
    • Streptocarpus mildbraedii Engl.
    • Streptocarpus ruwenzoriensis Baker
    • Streptocarpus smithii C.B.Clarke
    • Streptocarpus tchenzemae Gilli
    • Streptocarpus volkensii Engl.

Streptocarpus glandulosissimus, called the Cape primrose (along with other members of its subgenus Streptocarpus), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Streptocarpus, native to the central African lakes region; eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Kenya.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 78 (1893)
  2. ^ a b "Streptocarpus glandulosissimus Engl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Streptocarpus glandulosissimus cape primrose". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 16 March 2021.