Basionym: Saintpaulia grandifolia B.L. Burtt (1958: 560).
Type: TANZANIA. Lushoto Distr.: West Usambara Mountains, Lutindi, 1 July 1955, Punter ref. S, cultivated at R. B. G. Edinburgh, C1575 (holotype E!, isotype E!).
Homotypic synonym: Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. grandifolia (B.L.Burtt) I.Darbysh.
Heterotypic synonym: Saintpaulia ulugurensis Haston