Family: Gesneriaceae
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Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. velutina (B.L. Burtt) I. Darbyshire
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Name Det. qual. Type of det. Det. based on specimen Det. by and when Institution
Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. velutina (B.L. Burtt) I. DarbyshireDet.E00009665Darbyshire, I. September 2006Kew,Royal Botanic Gardens (K)
Type of Saintpaulia velutina B.L.Burtt
Country of origin: Not recorded
Description: Rosulate plant to 10 cms. high; upper surface of leaves velutinous darkish green nerves often picked out by a paler-yellowish-green, pubescent ± long erect hairs interspersed with more numerous short erect hairs, margins often inviolute, lower surface purplish-crimson; inflorescence 2-5 flowered, corolla pale mauve, the base of upper lip and eye intense violet purple fading through mauve to white at the tips; fruit greenish brown narrowly ovoid apex ± acute to ovoid twice lenght of calyx lobes, pubescent hairs ± forward directed.
Collection number: C1579
Collection date: August 1959
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00009665
Herbarium region: Cultivated (Cultivated)
Number of sheets: 1
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