Thismia

Thismia
	Thismia rodwayi
Systematics
Subdivision :	Seed plants (Spermatophytina)
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Monocots
Order :	Yams (Dioscoreales)
Family :	Thismiaceae
Genre :	Thismia
Scientific name
	Thismia
	Handle.

Thismia is a genus of plants in the Thismiaceae family.

description

The plants are persistent, mycotrophic and chlorophyllless . There is no rhizome . The roots run horizontally and are strongly cylindrical. The stem is very short and unbranched. The leaves are sessile and white. The inflorescences consist of individual flowers . The bracts of the flowers are overlapping. Flower stalks are missing. The flowers are erect and neither ribbed nor winged. The perianth becomes obsolete when the fruit ripens. The six stamens are hanging. The ovary is unicameral. The capsule is cup-shaped.

Occurrence

The species of the genus are spread pantropically .

Systematics

The genus Thismia was established in 1844 by William Griffith in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London , Volume 1, page 221, Thismia brunonis served as the type species . The generic name Thismia represents an anagram for Smithia . The name was created in honor of the English microscopist Thomas Smith. The name Smithia itself had already been given for a genus of legumes (Fabaceae).

Thismia rodwayi

The genus Thismia Griff. contains about 48 species:

Thismia abei (Akasawa) Hatus. In southern Japan.
Thismia alba Holttum ex Jonker . Thailand and the Malay Peninsula .
Thismia americana N. Pfeiff. In northeast Illinois . Is considered extinct today.
Thismia angustimitra Chantanaorr. In Thailand.
Thismia annamensis K. Larsen & Aver. In Vietnam.
Thismia appendiculata Schltr. In northeast New Guinea .
Thismia arachnites Ridl. On the Malay Peninsula.
Thismia aseroe handle. In Malaysia .
Thismia betung-kerihunensis Tsukaya & H.Okada . In Borneo .
Thismia bifida M. Hotta . In Borneo.
Thismia brunneomitra Hrones, Kobrlová & Dancák : The species first described in 2015 occurs in Brunei .
Thismia brunonis Becc. In Myanmar .
Thismia caudata Maas & H.Maas . In Brasil. Is considered extinct today.
Thismia chrysops Ridl. On the Malay Peninsula.
Thismia clandestina (flower) Miq. In western Java .
Thismia clavarioides K.R. Thiele . In New South Wales .
Thismia crocea (Becc.) JJSm. In western New Guinea.
Thismia episcopalis (Becc.) F. Muell. In northern and northwestern Borneo.
Thismia espirito-santensis Brade . In Brasil.
Thismia filiformis Chantanaorr. In Thailand.
Thismia fumida Ridl. In Malaysia.
Thismia fungiformis (Taub. Ex Warm.) Maas & H.Maas . In Brasil. Is considered extinct today.
Thismia gardneriana Hook.f. ex Thwaites . In Sri Lanka .
Thismia gigantea (Jonker) Hroneš : It occurs on Luzon .
Thismia glaziovii Poulsen . In Brasil.
Thismia gongshanensis Hong Qing Li & YK Bi : It occurs in Yunnan .
Thismia goodii Kiev . In Borneo.
Thismia grandiflora Ridl. On the Malay Peninsula.
Thismia hexagona Dancák, Hroneš, Kobrlová & Sochor : The species, first described in 2013, occurs in two varieties on Borneo.
Thismia hongkongensis Mar & RMKSaunders : The species first described in 2015 occurs in Hong Kong.
Thismia huangii P.Y. Jiang & THHsieh . In northwestern Taiwan .
Thismia hyalina (Miers) Benth. & Hook.f. ex F.Muell. In northern Peru and southeastern Brazil.
Thismia iguassuensis (Miers) Warm. In Brasil.
Thismia janeirensis Warm. In Brasil.
Thismia javanica J.J.Sm. In southern Indochina and western Malaysia.
Thismia kelabitiana Dančák, Hroneš & Sochor in Borneo.
Thismia labiata J.J.Sm. In eastern Sumatra .
Thismia lauriana Jarvie . In Borneo.
Thismia luetzelburgii Goebel & Suess. In Costa Rica , Panama and Brazil.
Thismia macahensis (Miers) F. Muell. In Brasil.
Thismia melanomitra Maas & H.Maas . In Ecuador .
Thismia mirabilis K.Larsen . In southern and southeastern Thailand.
Thismia mucronata Nuraliev : It occurs in Vietnam.
Thismia mullerensis Tsukaya & H.Okada . In central Borneo.
Thismia neptunis Becc. : On Borneo.
Thismia nigricans Chantanaorr. & Sridith : It occurs in Thailand.
Thismia nigricoronata Kumar & SW Gale : In Laos , Vientiane Province.
Thismia okhaensis Luu, Tich, G. Tran & Dinh : It occurs in Vietnam.
Thismia ophiuris Becc. In northern and northwestern Borneo.
Thismia panamensis (Standl.) Jonker . From Costa Rica to Bolivia.
Thismia prataensis Mancinelli, CTBlum & ECSmidt : It occurs only in the Serra da Prata in the Brazilian state of Paraná .
Thismia puberula Nuraliev : The species first described in 2015 occurs in Vietnam.
Thismia racemosa Ridl. On the Malay Peninsula.
Thismia rodwayi F. Muell. In southeastern Australia and New Zealand's North Island .
Thismia saulensis H. Maas & Maas . In French Guiana .
Thismia singeri (de la Sota) Maas & H.Maas . In Bolivia.
Thismia taiwanensis Sheng Z.Yang, RMKSaunders & CJHsu . In Taiwan.
Thismia tentaculata K. Larsen & Aver. In Hong Kong and central Vietnam.
Thismia tuberculata Hatus. In the southern part of the Japanese island of Kyushu .
Thismia yorkensis Cribb . In northern Queensland .

source

Deborah Q. Lewis: Burmanniaceae . Thismia . In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico . Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. Volume 3. Oxford University Press, New York a. a. 2002, ISBN 0-19-515208-5 , Thismia (English, Thismia - Online - this work is online with the same text). (Section description, distribution and systematics)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Deborah Q. Lewis: Burmanniaceae . Thismia . In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico . Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. Volume 3. Oxford University Press, New York a. a. 2002, ISBN 0-19-515208-5 , Thismia (English, Thismia - Online - this work is online with the same text). (Section description, distribution and systematics)
↑ Thismia. In: Tropicos. www.tropicos.org, accessed December 11, 2014 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Thismia. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved January 6, 2017.

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[FNA-1] Deborah Q. Lewis: Burmanniaceae . Thismia . In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico . Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. Volume 3. Oxford University Press, New York a. a. 2002, ISBN 0-19-515208-5 , Thismia (English, Thismia - Online - this work is online with the same text). (Section description, distribution and systematics)

[Tropicos-2] Thismia. In: Tropicos. www.tropicos.org, accessed December 11, 2014 .

[WCSP-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Thismia. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved January 6, 2017.