Afrothismia

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]

Afrothismia
Illustrations of Afrothismia pachyantha
Scientific classification
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

As 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

1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
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). 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.
4. "Afrothismia Schltr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.