Afrothismia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in the family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1906.

It is native to tropical Africa.

[1][2] The genus name of Afrothismia is in honour of Thomas Smith (x - 1825), who was an English expert at microscopy.

[3] As accepted by Kew;[4]

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