Native records: 3 botanical areas
Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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An epiphyte / perennial of subtropical climates. Native to South Africa.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
South Africa
- Cape ProvincesNative
- Free StateNative
- KwaZulu-NatalNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- BWk Arid, desert, cold
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 122 areas worldwide, 119 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Genus
- Streptocarpus
Other species in Streptocarpus
- Streptocarpus fanniniae
- Streptocarpus fasciatus
- Streptocarpus fenestra-dei
- Streptocarpus floribundus
- Streptocarpus formosusPondo Streptocarpus
- Streptocarpus galpinii
- Streptocarpus glabrifolius
- Streptocarpus glandulosissimus
- Streptocarpus goetzeanus
- Streptocarpus goetzei
- Streptocarpus gonjaensis
- Streptocarpus grandisGrand Streptocarpus
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
South Africa · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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Image information
Photograph of Streptocarpus gardenii
Guérin Nicolas ( messages ) 09:54, 25 September 2008 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page