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Afrocalathea

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Afrocalathea is a genus of plants native to Africa. It contains only one species: Afrocalathea rhizantha (K.Schum.) K.Schum, known from Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Cabinda, and Congo-Brazzaville.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Afrocalathea is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to Africa, Nigeria and Cameroon.

It is catalogued under topics including Flora of Cabinda Province, Flora of Cameroon and Flora of Equatorial Guinea.

Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderZingiberales
  5. FamilyMarantaceae
Native toCabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria

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Museum specimens

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1
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1
Family
Marantaceae
Collections
MO
Recorded in
Cameroon

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Afrocalathea is a genus of plants native to Africa. It contains only one species: Afrocalathea rhizantha (K.Schum.) K.Schum, known from Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Cabinda, and Congo-Brazzaville.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Afrocalathea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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