Freshwater
Anubias afzelii
Araceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Midground, Background
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Not needed
- Growth
- Slow
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Height
- Up to 40 cm
Range
Native
Lives wild in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.
More about the species
Description
Anubias afzelii is a species belonging to the Aroid genus Anubias. It was first described scientifically by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1857, based on material collected in Sierra Leone by Adam Afzelius, after whom the species was named. The genus Anubias was described simultaneously, with only A. afzellii belonging to it, which therefore is the type species of the genus. No other species currently placed in the genus Anubias was described earlier (in a different genus) and A. afzelii was therefore the first species of this genus known to science.
Other names
No other names.
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