Afrotrewia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Genus: Afrotrewia
Species: A. kamerunica
Name

Afrotrewia Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, 7: 14. (1914)

Type species: Afrotrewia kamerunica Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, 7: 14 (1914)
monotypic taxon

References

Pax, F.A. & Hoffmann, K. 1914. Das Pflanzenreich (Engler) IV, 147, 7: 14.
Kulju, K.K., van der Ham, R.W. & Breteler, F.J. 2008. Rediscovery and phylogenetic position of the incertae sedis genus Afrotrewia (Euphorbiaceae): morphological, pollen and molecular evidence. Taxon 57(1): 137-143. DOI: 10.2307/25065955 Paywall JSTOR PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Afrotrewia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Afrotrewia. Published online. Accessed: May 4 2021.

Afrotrewia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. It only contains one known species, Afrotrewia kamerunica Pax & K.Hoffm.[1]

Its native range is western central Tropical Africa, within Cameroon and Gabon.[1]

The genus name of Afrotrewia is in honour of Christoph Jacob Trew (1695–1769), a German botanist and illustrator.[2] The Latin specific epithet of kamerunica refers to coming from Cameroon, where the plant was found. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII on page 14 in 1914.[1]

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[3]
References

"Afrotrewia Pax & K.Hoffm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
"Genus Afrotrewia Pax & K. Hoffm". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 30 January 2022.