Afrothismia Winkleri Var. Budongensis

	Afrothismia Winkleri Var. Budongensis ''Afrothismia'' is a genus of plant in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1906. It is native to tropical Africa. The genus name of ''Afrothismia'' is in honour of Thomas Smith (x - 1825), who was an English expert at microscopy Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye). There are three well-known branches of micr .... Species As accepted by Kew; References Dioscoreales genera Burmanniaceae Flora of Africa Parasitic plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{monocot-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Afrothismia Pachyantha ''Afrothismia pachyantha'' is a species of plant in the family Burmanniaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ... or tropical moist lowland evergreen forests ca. 700 m alt. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species was first discovered in 1905 and rediscovered in 1995, making it a Lazarus taxon. References Sources * Burmanniaceae Flora of Cameroon Critically endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{monocot-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Afrothismia Insignis ''Afrothismia insignis'' is a member of the genus ''Afrothismia ''Afrothismia'' is a genus of plant in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1906. It is native to tropical Africa. The genus name of ''Afrothismia'' is in honour of Thomas Smith (x - 1825), who was an English expert at microscopy ...''. It is endemic to Tanzania. The species is vulnerable due to habitat loss and potential future threats. References Burmanniaceae Plants described in 1988 Endemic flora of Tanzania {{Monocot-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Flora Of Africa Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]