Location Madagacascar: All species in this section are caulescent herbs up to about 50 cm in size. The species now described as Streptocarpus madagascaricus was described as Hovanella madagascarica (Weber & Burtt, 1998). This former genus name is reflected in the section name of Hova. Almost all possess small pouch shaped white flowers with some markings in the corollas. Streptocarpus hilsenbergii is the exception in that it has tube-shaped flowers which are the biggest of all of the Madagascan species and has huge horticultural potential. Although normally mauve, red flowered variants have recently been found. Some of the species in the genus are available horticulturally and can be quite successfully grown from seed.
Species in section Hova:
Streptocarpus hilsenbergii var. hilsenbergii
Streptocarpus hilsenbergii var. angustifolius
Streptocarpus integrifolius*
Streptocarpus leandrii var. leandrii*
Streptocarpus leandrii var. robustus*
Streptocarpus levis
Streptocarpus linguatus
Streptocarpus madagascaricus
Streptocarpus muscosus
Streptocarpus oliganthus
Streptocarpus prostratus var. prostratus*
Streptocarpus prostratus var. major*
Streptocarpus tanala
Streptocarpus thompsonii var. thompsonii
Streptocarpus thompsonii var. bojeri*
Streptocarpus venosus
Streptocarpus vestitus