Afrohybanthus
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Malpighiales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Violaceae
Genus: Afrohybanthus
Species: A. afer –
A. aurantiacus –
A. buxifolius –
A. densifolius –
A. enneaspermus –
A. fasciculatus –
A. indicus –
A. latifolius –
A. nyassensis –
A. pseudodanguyanus –
A. ramosissimus –
A. serratus –
A. stellarioides –
A. travancoricus –
A. tsavoensis –
A. vatsavayae –
A. verbi-divini
Name
Afrohybanthus Flicker, Phytotaxa 230(1): 43. (2015)
- Type species: Afrohybanthus enneaspermus (L.) Flicker, Phytotaxa 230(1): 47. (2015)
- Note: This taxon is accepted by POWO (2025) & APC (2025) for Australian endemics, but is rejected by Hassler (2025) and only partially accepted by APD (2025).
References
Primary references
- Flicker, B. & Ballard, H.E. 2015. Afrohybanthus (Violaceae), a new genus for a distinctive and widely distributed Old World hybanthoid lineage. Phytotaxa 230(1): 39-53. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.230.1.3 PDF Reference page.
Additional references
- Forster, P.I. 2021. Reinstatement of Pigea Gin., an earlier generic name for the spade flowers previously included in Afrohybanthus Flicker (Violaceae). Austrobaileya 11: 26-33. PDF Reference page.
Links
- African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Afrohybanthus. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2020 June 6. Reference page.
- Afrohybanthus in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2025. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2025 Oct. 8.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Afrohybanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct. 8. Reference page.
- Hassler, M. 2020. Afrohybanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 June 1. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2025. 8. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 2025. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2020. Afrohybanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 June 2020. Reference page.