Species
About 155 species of Streptocarpus are currently recognised, the first to be described being Streptocarpus rexii.
A complete list of the species and their synonyms can be found at the Smithsonian's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae
A list of selected species from representative locales follows:
- S. andohahelensis (Madagascar)
- S. candidus - scented (South Africa, Natal)
- S. caulescens (Kenya, Tanzania)
- S. confusus (South Africa)
- S. cooperi (South Africa)
- S. cyaneus (South Africa, Transvaal)
- S. deniculatus (South Africa)
- S. dolomiticus - in the process of being described (origin unknown)
- S. dunnii (South Africa)
- S. elongatus (Cameroon, San Thomé Island, Sudan)
- S. eyelsii - scented) (Rhodesis, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia)
- S. fanniniae - scented (South Africa)
- S. fenestra-dei (South Africa, Transvaal)
- S. formosus (South Africa)
- S. gardenii (South Africa, Natal)
- S. glandulosissimus (Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda)
- S. insularis (West Africa: Fernando Po Island)
- S. kentaniensis (Congo)
- S. lilliputana (South Africa, Eastern Cape)
- S. milanjianus (Malawi)
- S. modestus (South Africa)
- S. parviflorus (South Africa)
- S. pentherianus (South Africa)
- S. polyanthus (South Africa)
- S. pusillus (South Africa)
- S. revivescens (Madagascar)
- S. rexii (South Africa)
- S. rhodesianus (Angola, Katanga, Zambia)
- S. saxorum (Kenya, Tanzania)
- S. trabeculatus (South Africa)
- S. vandeleuri - scented (South Africa)
- S. variabilis (Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Anjouan Island)
- S. wilmsii (South Africa)
- S. zimmermanii (Tanzania)
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