Afrohybanthus afer
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Malpighiales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Violaceae
Genus: Afrohybanthus
Species: Afrohybanthus afer
Name
Afrohybanthus afer (Sond.) Flicker, Phytotaxa 230(1): 44. (2015)
Note: Epithet published as caffer, but basionym treated as an orthographical variant, Art. 61.6, ICN (Madrid).
Synonyms
- Basionym
- Ionidium afrum Sond., Linnaea 23: 13 (1850)
- Homotypic
- Calceolaria afra (Sond.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 41 (1891)
- Hybanthus afer (Sond.) Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 400 (1919)
- Hybanthus enneaspermus var. afer (Sond.) N.Robson, Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 32: 169 (1958)
- Pigea afra (Sond.) P.I.Forst., Austrobaileya 11: 29 (2021)
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
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Afrohybanthus afer 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 afer. 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 afer. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 June 2020. Reference page.