Afrothismia
| Afrothismia | |
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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. |
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
- - Cameroon
- Afrothismia baerae - Kenya
- - Cameroon
- - Cameroon
- - Cameroon
- Afrothismia insignis - Tanzania
- - Cameroon
- - Morogoro in Tanzania
- Afrothismia pachyantha - Cameroon
- - Cameroon, Gabon
- Afrothismia winkleri - Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda
- - 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.
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- Dioscoreales genera
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- Flora of Africa
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