Biology:Afrothismia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Afrothismia
Illustrations of "Afrothismia pachyantha"
Illustrations of Afrothismia pachyantha
Scientific classification e
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]

The genus name of Afrothismia is in honour of Thomas Smith (x - 1825), who was an English expert at microscopy.[3]

Species

As accepted by Kew;[4]


References

  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=218433. 
  2. 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.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 
  4. "Afrothismia Schltr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5061-1. 

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