AppliedLab wrote:
>> What scientific Family, Class, and Order does the African Violet belong to?
This kind of question is admirably answered in Mabberley, D.J. (1989) the
Plant Book, Cambridge Univ. Press.
*Saintpaulia ionantha* is in the family Gesneriaceae. The
species is originally from Tanzania, but now widespread in supermarkets.
Henk
