Species
Here some species of the genus Saintpaulia that you can find in the book Saintpaulia, history and the origins of the African violet.
Each of the species described in the book has the information you have below and complete descriptions and notes on their culture. You can also find many pictures of
these species in the book.
5b. cl. difficilis
Meaning of name: difficult to classify and not difficult to grow
Distribution: on the riverbanks of the Sigi River near the East Usambara Mountains
Altitude: between 900 m and
1 500 m (2 950’ - 3 440’)
Year discovered: 1939 by P.J. Greenway
Description: 1958, B.L. Burtt
5a. cl. grandifolius 299
Meaning of name: plant with large leaves
Distribution: West Usambara Mountains, Ambangulu, Mashindei Peak
(Ref : S.T. Baatvik, March 1984,
900 m (2 925’).
Altitude: lower than 1 350 m (3 280’)
Year discovered: 1954 by W. R. Punter
Description: 1958, B.L. Burtt
5b. cl. magungensis
Meaning of name: pulled from the name of the place of it discovery
Distribution: East Usambara Mountains, near Magunga, Kwamkuyu River, and Milnga Pead (Ref : S.T. Baatvik, Nov. 1986, 920 m (2 990’). Also a synonym of S. amaniensis
Altitude: 920 m (2 990’)
Year discovered: 1950?
Description: 1950, E.P. Roberts
S. pendules “S. T. Iverson”
Meaning of name: suspended, one (that which) falls down (hangs down)
Distribution: East Usambara Mountains
Altitude: between 2 730' and 3 087’
This plant has not yet been introduced on the official list.
5c. cl. 1. Sigi Falls
Meaning of name: taken from the region of it origination
Distribution: Sigi River
Altitude: not given
Year of discovery: nothing mentioned
Description: unknown
5b. cl. grotei Protzen or Upssala 3091
Pronunciation: gro-tee-eye
Meaning of name: named after its original collector, Mr. Protzen
Reports on 5b. cl. grotei ‘Protzen’ show that it was collected in 1987, but the details on the environment and elevation were not given. The harvest was made in the East Usambara Mountains in the Muheza District in Tanzania. The collector was G.A. Protzen whose name has been often used to identify this clone.