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Accession Data:

Streptocarpus prolixus C.B. Clarke

  • subg. Streptocarpus

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Gesneriaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: eastern Cape

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201100240
  • Source: Tom Lemieux - UC Boulder
  • Provenance: UC Boulder 07.066; ex Denver Botanic Garden 070812
  • Accession Date: 09-28-2011
  • Bench: 1113 - AFR:East Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Gesneriaceae
  • SubFamily: Cyrtandroideae
  • Tribe: Didymocarpeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, September 04, 2017.
  2. Streptocarpus prolixus at African Plants Database. Last accessed on Monday, September 04, 2017.

data regenerated on Sat, 24 May 2025 13:24:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Streptocarpus prolixus

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Current Accessions in the Gesneriaceae

Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
Tribe Didymocarpeae

  • Streptocarpus dunnii
  • Streptocarpus prolixus
  • Streptocarpus pusillus
  • Streptocarpus roseoalbus
  • Streptocarpus saxorum hybrid
  • Streptocarpus vandeleurii

Subfamily Cyrtandroideae
Tribe Trichosporeae

  • Aeschynanthus micranthus
  • Aeschynanthus pulcher
  • Aeschynanthus x splendidus
  • Lysionotus pauciflorus

Subfamily Gesneroideae
Tribe Episcieae

  • Codonanthe devosiana
  • Codonanthe gracilis
  • Episcia dianthiflora
  • Nautilocalyx lynchii
  • Nematanthus longipes

Subfamily Gesneroideae
Tribe Gesnerieae

  • Columneinae: Columnea ornata
  • Columneinae: Columnea schiedeana
  • Columneinae: Drymonia conchocalyx
  • Ligeriinae: Sinningia canescens
  • Ligeriinae: Sinningia cochlearis
  • Ligeriinae: Sinningia leucotricha
  • Ligeriinae: Sinningia ramboi
  • Ligeriinae: Sinningia reitzii
  • Ligeriinae: Sinningia tubiflora

Subfamily Gesneroideae
Tribe Gloxinieae

  • Achimenes admirabilis
  • Kohleria allenii
  • Kohleria hirsuta
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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