Afrothismia

Afrothismia is a genus of plant in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1906. It is native to tropical Africa.[1][2]

Species
  • Afrothismia amietii - Cameroon
  • Afrothismia baerae - Kenya
  • Afrothismia foertheriana - Cameroon
  • Afrothismia gesnerioides - Cameroon
  • Afrothismia hydra - Cameroon
  • Afrothismia insignis - Tanzania
  • Afrothismia korupensis - Cameroon
  • Afrothismia mhoroana - Morogoro in Tanzania
  • Afrothismia pachyantha - Cameroon
  • Afrothismia saingei - Cameroon, Gabon
  • Afrothismia winkleri - Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda
  • Afrothismia zambesiaca - Malawi

Afrothismia
Illustrations of Afrothismia pachyantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Afrothismia
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References

  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  2. Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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