Afrothismia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Afrothismia pachyantha.jpg
|image_caption = Illustrations of Afrothismia pachyantha
|taxon = Afrothismia
|authority = Schltr.{{R|POWO|WFO}}
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
|type_species = Afrothismia winkleri
|type_species_authority = (Engl.) Schltr.{{R|CHEEK}}
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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.{{R|POWO|GBIF}}
Species
{{As of|2025|4}}, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 17 species:{{R|POWO}}
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- Afrothismia amietii {{Au|Cheek}} – Cameroon
- Afrothismia baerae {{Au|Cheek}} – Kenya
- Afrothismia foertheriana {{Au|T.Franke, Sainge & Agerer}} – Cameroon
- Afrothismia fungiformis {{Au|Sainge & Kenfack}}
- Afrothismia gabonensis {{Au|Dauby & Stévart}} – Gabon
- Afrothismia gesnerioides {{Au|H.Maas}} – Cameroon
- Afrothismia hydra {{Au|Sainge & T.Franke}} – Cameroon
- Afrothismia insignis {{Au|Cowley}} – Tanzania
- Afrothismia korupensis {{Au|Sainge & T.Franke}} – Cameroon
- Afrothismia kupensis {{Au|Cheek & S.A.Williams}}
- Afrothismia mhoroana {{Au|Cheek}} – Morogoro in Tanzania
- Afrothismia pachyantha {{Au|Schltr.}} – Cameroon
- Afrothismia pusilla {{Au|Sainge & Kenfack}}
- Afrothismia saingei {{Au|T.Franke}} – Cameroon, Gabon
- Afrothismia ugandensis {{Au|Cheek}} – Uganda
- Afrothismia winkleri {{Au|(Engl.) Schltr.}} – Cameroon
- Afrothismia zambesiaca {{Au|Cheek}} – Malawi
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References
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{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5061-1 |title=Afrothismia Schltr. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2025 |access-date=12 April 2025}}
{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000000868 |title=Afrothismia Schltr. |website=World Flora Online |publisher=World Flora Online Consortium |year=2025 |access-date=12 April 2025}}
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