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Streptocarpus shumensis, synonym Saintpaulia shumensis, 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 elevations of 1,300 to 2,000 meters above sea level.
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About the genus · Streptocarpus
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, while the pointed, elongate fruit is of a helical form similar to that of the "tusk" of a narwhal. More on Wikipedia ›
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Cultivation
Grouped as a tropical foliage plant, listed under the genus Streptocarpus in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “lithophyte”, “wet tropical”.
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Group. Listed under the genus Streptocarpus in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “lithophyte”, “wet tropical”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.
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Photographs
Photographs: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Related
Other Streptocarpus 80 in the reference
Streptocarpus brevipilosus Gesneriaceae Photo: CC0, Daderot
Streptocarpus brevistamineus Gesneriaceae Photo: CC0, author not stated Streptocarpus buchananii Gesneriaceae Streptocarpus bullatus Gesneriaceae Streptocarpus capuronii Gesneriaceae 
Streptocarpus caulescens Nodding Violet Photo: CC BY, TANAKA Juuyoh (????)
Streptocarpus confusus Gesneriaceae Photo: CC0, author not stated all 81 ›Names & registers
Also known as Saintpaulia shumensis. (GBIF Backbone)
The record
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