Afrothismia

Afrothismia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): 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. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant families
  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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