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Streptocarpus shumensis

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 17, 2024
Entity authorityQ55961356 ↗
Source-derived summary

Streptocarpus shumensis, synonym Saintpaulia shumensis, is a species of Streptocarpus in the section Saintpaulia. It is endemic to Shume in the west Usambara Mountains and also from the northern Nguru Mountains, both in Tanzania, where it grows at elevations of 1,300 to 2,000 meters above sea level.

References

Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21: 238 1955.

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“Streptocarpus shumensis” enters the record as species of plant. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Streptocarpus, shumensis and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1955—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Streptocarpus, shumensis and species.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 17, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q55961356. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1955.

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This entry incorporates text from “Streptocarpus shumensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.