Distribution Map

Streptocarpus wilmsii

                   
       

Gesneriaceae Cyrtandroideae Didymocarpeae 

Eswatini Red List status (2002): VU B1B2c

As at April 2024, 12 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records, 4 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Endemic to Limpopo Mpumalanga Eswatini Escarpment centre of endemism
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Flora Protection Act: Schedule B

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Streptocarpus wilmsii - Leaf single, upper surface smooth, very thinly hairy, lower purple, up to 25 cm long x 17 cm wide. Inflorescence tall, widely branched, axes slender. Calyx c 4 mm long, lobes narrow, pointed, spreading; corolla white with purple spots inside, tube gradually widening from base, c 2 cm long, mouth oblique, lobes short, rounded. Fruit up to 6 cm long X 2 mm diam.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.