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
- 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
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant families
- ↑ 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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