Authors: Möller, Michael; Cronk, Quentin C. B.
Publication: Proceedings of Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants, Third International Symposium
Year: 1999
Genera: Saintpaulia, Streptocarpus
Abstract

Molecular phylogenies of the genus Streptocarpus based on the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences show that the genus is paraphyletic; other African genera Saintpaulia, Schizoboea and Linnaeopsis are nested within Streptocarpus. The genus Saintpaulia has evolved from a caulescent African Streptocarpus species in subgenus Streptocarpella.