Afrothismia lovettii Cheek (202X)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Cheek & Lovett, 2026 [preprint])
Last record: January 2001 (Cheek & Lovett, 2026 [preprint])
Distribution & Habitat
Kihansi Falls Forest, Tanzania
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cheek, Martin and Lovett, Jon C. (202X). Afrothismia lovettii sp. nov. (Afrothismiaceae) Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) and endemic to the Kihansi Falls Forest, Tanzania. [a preprint exists (see Cheek & Lovett, 2026) but until formal publication in a peer-reviewed journal the name is not validly published]
Other references:
Cheek, Martin and Lovett, Jon C. (2026). Afrothismia lovettii sp. nov. (Afrothismiaceae) Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) and endemic to the Kihansi Falls Forest, Tanzania. bioRxiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.02.729641
Fräßdorf, Doreen. (n.d.). Liste ausgestorbener Pflanzen der Neuzeit / List of extinct plants in modern times. Available at: https://www.artensterben.de/liste-ausgestorbener-pflanzen/ [Accessed 27 September 2026]