Afrothismia
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Afrothismia is a genus of plant
in family Burmanniaceae
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Burmanniaceae
Burmanniaceae
Burmanniaceae is a botanical name of a family of flowering plants, consisting of about a hundred species of herbaceous plants in roughly a dozen genera. Often they are quite remarkable plants, more often red than green, without much leaf area and not growing very big in any way.The APG II system,...
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
- Afrothismia pachyanthaAfrothismia pachyanthaAfrothismia pachyantha is a species of plant in the Burmanniaceae family. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
, Schlechter - Afrothismia winkleriAfrothismia winkleriAfrothismia winkleri is a species of plant in the Burmanniaceae family. It is found in Cameroon, Nigeria, and possibly Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
, (Engl.) Schlechter