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Afrothismia baerae Cheek (2004 "2003":951)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing (Cheek et al., 2023)

Last record: 2003 or before (Cheek et al., 2023)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Cheek, Martin. (2003). A new species of Afrothismia (Burmanniaceae) from Kenya. Kew Bulletin 58: 951-955.

 

Other references:

Cheek, Martin et al. (2023). Gymnosiphon fonensis (Burmanniaceae) a new Critically Endangered species from Simandou, Republic of Guinea, W. Africa. biorXiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.17.528802

Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project. (2009). Afrothismia baerae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T158066A5185926. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158066A5185926.en. Accessed on 25 February 2023.

Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. and 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. 

 

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