Afrothismia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in the family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1906. It is native to tropical Africa.[1][2]
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| Illustrations of Afrothismia pachyantha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Burmanniaceae |
| Genus: | Afrothismia Schltr. |
The genus name of Afrothismia is in honour of Thomas Smith (x - 1825), who was an English expert at microscopy.[3]
Species
editAs accepted by Kew;[4]
- Afrothismia amietii Cheek - Cameroon
- Afrothismia baerae Cheek - Kenya
- Afrothismia foertheriana T.Franke, Sainge & Agerer - Cameroon
- Afrothismia fungiformis Sainge & Kenfack
- Afrothismia gesnerioides H.Maas - Cameroon
- Afrothismia hydra Sainge & T.Franke - Cameroon
- Afrothismia insignis Cowley - Tanzania
- Afrothismia korupensis Sainge & T.Franke - Cameroon
- Afrothismia kupensis Cheek & S.A.Williams
- Afrothismia mhoroana Cheek - Morogoro in Tanzania
- Afrothismia pachyantha Schltr. - Cameroon
- Afrothismia pusilla Sainge & Kenfack
- Afrothismia saingei T.Franke - Cameroon, Gabon
- Afrothismia winkleri (Engl.) Schltr. - Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda
- Afrothismia zambesiaca Cheek - Malawi
References
edit- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Afrothismia Schltr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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