Afrothismia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Burmanniaceae
Tribus: Thismieae
Genus: Afrothismia
Species: A. amietii – A. baerae – A. foertheriana – A. fungiformis – A. gesnerioides – A. hydra – A. insignis – A. korupensis – A. mhoroana – A. pachyantha – A. pusilla – A. saingei – A. winkleri – A. zambesiaca
Name

Afrothismia Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 138 (1906)

Type species: Afrothismia winkleri (Engl.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 139 (1906)

References

Schlechter, F.R.R. (1906) Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 38: 138. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Afrothismia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Afrothismia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Afrothismia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12.

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

"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.