Afrothismia

Afrothismia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Dioscoreales
Family:Burmanniaceae
Genus:Afrothismia
Schltr.

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
  1. Afrothismia amietii - Cameroon
  2. Afrothismia baerae - Kenya
  3. Afrothismia foertheriana - Cameroon
  4. Afrothismia gesnerioides - Cameroon
  5. Afrothismia hydra - Cameroon
  6. Afrothismia insignis - Tanzania
  7. Afrothismia korupensis - Cameroon
  8. Afrothismia mhoroana - Morogoro in Tanzania
  9. Afrothismia pachyantha - Cameroon
  10. Afrothismia saingei - Cameroon, Gabon
  11. Afrothismia winkleri - Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda
  12. Afrothismia zambesiaca - Malawi

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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