STREPTOCARPUS Definition & Meaning

streptocarpus

[ strep-tuh-kahr-puhs ]

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any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.

streptocarpus

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any plant of the typically stemless subtropical perennial genus Streptocarpus, some species of which are grown as greenhouse plants for their tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae

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< New Latin (1828); strepto-, -carpous; so named in reference to the tight spirals formed by the ruptured seed capsules

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New Latin, from Greek streptos twisted + karpos fruit (from the shape of the capsule)

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In species of Streptocarpus the cotyledons are permanent, and act the part of leaves.

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Compound definite inflorescences are by no means common, but in Streptocarpus polyanthus and in several calceolarias we probably have examples.

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Streptocarpus Wendlandii is a singularly interesting variety.

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