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Saintpaulia cultivars

violeta africana, African Violet

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Scrophulariales

Family
Gesneriaceae

Genus
Saintpaulia

Species
cultivars

Taxon category: Accepted

Acc. name: Streptocarpus ionanthus

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1999

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276

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"Galapagos Species Database, Saintpaulia cultivars", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1426. Accessed 4 November 2026.