Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, C, 49

Authors:

Cheek, Martin Roy

Published In: Kew Bulletin 58: 951. 2003[2004]. (Kew Bull.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: KENYA: Kilifi Dist., S of Mombasa, Shimba Hills, Lombomwagandi

Collector and Number: S. Baer s.n.

Institution(s): HT: K; IT: EA

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Dioscoreales Mart.
• family:  Thismiaceae J. Agardh
• genus:  Afrothismia (Engl.) Schltr.

Conservation Status:

• CR B2a,b; CR C2a(i)(ii); D - Critically Endangered - Global
  • Reference Cheek, M. 2004. A new species of Afrothismia (Burmanniaceae) from Kenya. Kew Bull. 58: 951–955.
  • Conservation System IUCN. 2001. IUCN Red List Categ. Crit. v. 3.1 ii, 1–30. IUCN, Gland.

Keywords: EACF