Genus: Aframomum Life
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About 50 species, native to tropical Africa, with two species
native to southern Africa (Zimbabwe and Mozambique)
Species native to southern Africa
Information from
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of Mozambique.
Publications
- Lock, J.M. 1976. Notes on some East African species of
Aframomum (Zingiberaceae). Kew Bulletin 31: 263–
271.
- Lock, J.M. 1978. Notes on the genus Aframomum
(Zingiberaceae). 1. The species related to Aframomum
polyanthum. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de
Belgique 48: 129–134.
- Lock, J.M. 1978. Notes on the genus Aframomum
(Zingiberaceae). 2. The Ethiopian species. Bulletin du
Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 48: 387–391.
- Lock, J.M. 1978. Notes on the genus Aframomum
(Zingiberaceae). 3. Two new species from West Africa.
Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 48:
393–398.
- Lock, J.M. 1979. Notes on the genus Aframomum
(Zingiberaceae). 4. The savanna species. Bulletin du
Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 49: 197–184.
- Lock, J.M. 1980. Notes on Aframomum (Zingiberaceae)
in West Africa, with a new key to the species. Kew
Bulletin 35: 299–313.
- Lock, J.M. & Hall, J.B. 1975. Taxonomic studies in the
genus Aframomum (Zingiberaceae). Boissiera 24: 225–
231.
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