Afrothismia

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Afrothismia is a genus of small, flowering plants that do not make their own food. Instead, they live underground and get nutrients from fungi in the soil (a lifestyle called myco-heterotrophy). They belong to the Burmanniaceae family in the Dioscoreales order and are native to tropical Africa. The genus was first described in 1906, and its type species is Afrothismia winkleri.

Species
As of April 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts 17 species in Afrothismia. These are:
- Afrothismia amietii
- Afrothismia baerae
- Afrothismia foertheriana
- Afrothismia fungiformis
- Afrothismia gabonensis
- Afrothismia gesnerioides
- Afrothismia hydra
- Afrothismia insignis
- Afrothismia korupensis
- Afrothismia kupensis
- Afrothismia mhoroana
- Afrothismia pachyantha
- Afrothismia pusilla
- Afrothismia saingei
- Afrothismia ugandensis
- Afrothismia winkleri
- Afrothismia zambesiaca

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