Afrotrewia

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Afrotrewia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Afrotrewia
Pax & K.Hoffm.
Species:
A. kamerunica
Binomial name
Afrotrewia kamerunica
Pax & K.Hoffm.

Afrotrewia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. It only contains one known species, Afrotrewia kamerunicaPax & K.Hoffm. [2]

Its native range is western central Tropical Africa, within Cameroon and Gabon. [2]

The genus name of Afrotrewia is in honour of Christoph Jacob Trew (1695–1769), a German botanist and illustrator. [3] The Latin specific epithet of kamerunica refers to coming from Cameroon, where the plant was found. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII on page 14 in 1914. [2]

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species. [4]

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References

  1. Cheek, M.; Lovell, R. (2020). "Afrotrewia kamerunica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T110081019A110081021. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110081019A110081021.en . Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Afrotrewia Pax & K.Hoffm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "Genus Afrotrewia Pax & K. Hoffm". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 30 January 2022.