Streptocarpus shumensis, synonym Saintpaulia shumensis,[2] is a species of Streptocarpus in the section Saintpaulia. It is endemic to Shume in the west Usambara Mountains and also from the northern Nguru Mountains, both in Tanzania, where it grows at altitudes of 1,300 to 2,000 meters above sea level.[1]

Streptocarpus shumensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Genus:	Streptocarpus
Section:	S. sect. Saintpaulia
Species:	S. shumensis
Binomial name
Streptocarpus shumensis (B.L.Burtt) Christenh.[2]
Synonyms[2]
Saintpaulia shumensis B.L.Burtt

References

• Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21: 238 1955.

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