Thismia Last updated June 10, 2025 Genus of plants
Thismia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in family Burmanniaceae , known as "fairy lanterns ". [ 5] They are native to East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas. [ 2] [ 6]
Name The generic name Thismia refers to Thomas Smith (English microscopist, died ca. 1825). It is an anagram of his name. [ 7] [ 1]
Taxonomy It was published by William Griffith in 1845 [ 2] with Thismia brunonis Griff. as the type species . [ 3] [ 4]
Thismia sp. in Sarawak , Borneo Thismia megalongensis Species As of June 2024 [ update] , Plants of the World Online recognises 108 species in this genus, as follows: [ 2]
Thismia abei (Akasawa) Hatus. Thismia acuminata Hrones, Dancák & Sochor Thismia alba Holttum ex Jonker Thismia americana N.Pfeiff. Thismia andicola Aguilar-Cano, S.Guzm.-Guzm. & Lopera-Toro Thismia angustimitra Chantanaorr. Thismia annamensis K.Larsen & Aver. Thismia appendiculata Schltr. Thismia arachnites Ridl. Thismia aseroe Becc. Thismia aurantiaca Hareesh & M.Sabu Thismia belumensis Siti-Munirah & Suhaimi-Miloko Thismia betung-kerihunensis Tsukaya & H.Okada Thismia bifida M.Hotta Thismia bokorensis Suetsugu & Tsukaya Thismia breviappendiculata Nob.Tanaka Thismia brunneomitra Hrones, Kobrlová & Dancák Thismia brunneomitroides Suetsugu & Tsukaya Thismia brunonis Griff. Thismia bryndonii Tsukaya, Suetsugu & Suleiman Thismia calcarata D.F.Silva, Honório & J.M.A.Braga Thismia caudata Maas & H.Maas Thismia chrysops Ridl. Thismia clandestina (Blume) Miq. Thismia clavarioides K.R.Thiele Thismia claviformis Chantanaorr. & J.Wai Thismia clavigera (Becc.) F.Muell. Thismia clavigeroides Chantanaorr. & Seelanan Thismia cordata D.F.Silva & J.M.A.Braga Thismia cornuta Hrones, Sochor & Dancák Thismia coronata Hrones, Dancák & Sochor Thismia crocea (Becc.) J.J.Sm. Thismia domei Siti-Munirah Thismia episcopalis (Becc.) F.Muell. Thismia espirito-santensis Brade Thismia filiformis Chantanaorr. Thismia fumida Ridl. Thismia fungiformis (Taub. ex Warm.) Maas & H.Maas Thismia gardneriana Hook.f. ex Thwaites Thismia gigantea (Jonker) Hroneš Thismia glaziovii Poulsen Thismia gongshanensis Hong Qing Li & Y.K.Bi Thismia goodii Kiew Thismia grandiflora Ridl. Thismia guangdongensis Xiao J.Li, A.Liu & D.X.Zhang Thismia hawkesii W.E.Cooper Thismia hexagona Dančák, Hroneš, Kobrlová & Sochor Thismia hongkongensis Mar & R.M.K.Saunders Thismia huangii P.Y.Jiang & T.H.Hsieh Thismia hyalina (Miers) Benth. & Hook.f. ex F.Muell. Thismia iguassuensis (Miers) Warm. Thismia inconspicua Sochor & Dancák Thismia janeirensis Warm. Thismia javanica J.J.Sm. Thismia jianfenglingensis Han Xu, H.J.Yang & S.Q.Fang Thismia kelabitiana Dančák, Hroneš & Sochor Thismia kelantanensis Siti-Munirah Thismia kenyirensis Siti-Munirah & Dome Thismia kinabaluensis T.Nishioka & Suetsugu Thismia kobensis Suetsugu Thismia labiata J.J.Sm. Thismia laevis Sochor, Dancák & Hrones Thismia lanternata W.E.Cooper Thismia latiffiana Siti-Munirah & Dome Thismia lauriana Jarvie Thismia limkokthayi Siti-Munirah & E.Chan Thismia luetzelburgii Goebel & Suess. Thismia macahensis (Miers) F.Muell. Thismia mantiqueirensis Engels & E.C.Smidt Thismia megalongensis C.A.Hunt, G.Steenbee. & V.Merckx Thismia melanomitra Maas & H.Maas Thismia minutissima Dančák, Hroneš & Sochor Thismia mirabilis K.Larsen Thismia mucronata Nuraliev Thismia mullerensis Tsukaya & H.Okada Thismia neptunis Becc. Thismia nigra Dančák, Hroneš & Sochor Thismia nigricans Chantanaorr. & Sridith Thismia nigricoronata Kumar & S.W.Gale Thismia okhaensis Luu, Tich, G.Tran & Dinh Thismia ophiuris Becc. Thismia ornata Dančák, Hroneš & Sochor Thismia pallida Hrones, Dancák & Rejzek Thismia panamensis (Standl.) Jonker Thismia paradisiaca S.Guzm.-Guzm. Thismia petasiformis D.F.Silva & J.M.A.Braga Thismia prataensis Mancinelli, C.T.Blum & E.C.Smidt Thismia pseudomelanomitra D.F.Silva & J.M.A.Braga Thismia puberula Nuraliev Thismia racemosa Ridl. Thismia ribeiroi Engels, D.F.Silva & Soares-Lopes Thismia rodwayi F.Muell. Thismia sahyadrica Sujanapal, Robi & Dantas Thismia saulensis H.Maas & Maas Thismia singeri (de la Sota) Maas & H.Maas Thismia sitimeriamiae Siti-Munirah, Dome & Thorogood Thismia submucronata Chantanaorr., Tetsana & Tripetch Thismia sumatrana Suetsugu & Tsukaya Thismia taiwanensis Sheng Z.Yang, R.M.K.Saunders & C.J.Hsu Thismia tectipora Cowie Thismia tentaculata K.Larsen & Aver. Thismia terengganuensis Siti-Munirah Thismia thaithongiana Chantanaorr. & Suddee Thismia tuberculata Hatus. Thismia variabilis D.F.Silva, Honório & J.M.A.Braga Thismia violacea D.F.Silva & J.M.A.Braga Thismia viridistriata Sochor, Hrones & Dancák Thismia yorkensis Cribb Recently described species include:
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References 1 2 3 Griffith, William (1844). "On the root parasites referred by authors to Rhizantheae and their allies" . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London . 1 (23): 221. Retrieved 20 June 2024 . 1 2 3 4 5 "Thismia Griff" . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024 . 1 2 3 4 BESI, E. E., JABAR, Q. A. M., ABD RAHMAN, S. Y. A. M. I. L., SAAD, M. Z., AHMADNI, A. S. A., & GO, R. (2024). Thismia perlisensis (Thismiaceae), a new red-annulus Thismia species from Peninsular Malaysia. Phytotaxa, 675(1), 1-10. 1 2 Thismia Griff. (n.d.). The Australian National Species List (auNSL). Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/56570 ↑ Thorogood, Chris J.; Mat Yunoh, Siti-Munirah (2021). "Fairy lanterns in focus" . Plants, People, Planet . 3 (6): 680– 684. Bibcode :2021PlPP....3..680T . doi : 10.1002/ppp3.10217 . ISSN 2572-2611 . ↑ "Thismia Griff" . Global Biodiversity Information Facility . 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024 . 1 2 3 Thismia Griffith. (n.d.). Flora of North America @ efloras.org. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=132837 1 2 3 4 Thismia Griffith. (n.d.-b). Flora of China @ efloras.org. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=132837 1 2 Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. (n.d.-d). Thismia . VicFlora Flora of Victoria. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/57c63c0d-3afa-424a-a2bb-f9a33b0fe033 1 2 Ya, J. D., Chen, H. Y., Zhang, W., Zhu, R. B., Cai, J., & Yu, W. B. (2024). Phylogenetic and biogeographical analyses of Thismia (Thismiaceae) support T. malipoensis as the eighth species in China. Willdenowia, 54(1), 47-63. 1 2 Merckx, V. S., & Smets, E. F. (2014). Thismia americana , the 101st anniversary of a botanical mystery. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 175(2), 165-175. ↑ Espinoza, C. & Pitman, N. 2003. Thismia melanomitra . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T43472A10806123. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43472A10806123.en . Accessed on 08 December 2024. 1 2 Siti-Munirah, M. Y., Hardy-Adrian, C., Mohamad-Shafiq, S., & Irwan-Syah, Z. (2024). Thismia malayana (Thismiaceae), a new mycoheterotrophic species from Peninsular Malaysia. PhytoKeys, 242, 229. ↑ Suetsugu, K., Yamana, K., & Okada, H. (2023). Rediscovery of the presumably extinct fairy lantern Thismia kobensis (Thismiaceae) in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, with discussions on its taxonomy, evolutionary history, and conservation. Phytotaxa, 585(2), 102-112. ↑ Thismia americana N. Pfeiffer. (n.d.). Flora of North America @ efloras.org. Retrieved December 9, 2024, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101975 ↑ Guo, X., Zhao, Z., Mar, S. S., Zhang, D., & Saunders, R. M. (2019). A symbiotic balancing act: arbuscular mycorrhizal specificity and specialist fungus gnat pollination in the mycoheterotrophic genus Thismia (Thismiaceae). Annals of Botany, 124(2), 331-342. ↑ Mar, S. S., & Saunders, R. M. (2015). Thismia hongkongensis (Thismiaceae): a new mycoheterotrophic species from Hong Kong, China, with observations on floral visitors and seed dispersal. PhytoKeys, (46), 21. ↑ Chiang, P. Y., & Hsieh, T. H. (2011). Thismia huangii (Thismiaceae), a new species from Taiwan. Taiwania, 56(2), 138-142. ↑ AOYAMA, M., & TSUBOTA, H. (2014). Karyotype Analysis of Japanese Burmannia (Burmanniaceae). Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica, 65(1), 37-42. ↑ Simons, Paul (2024-07-17). "Plantwatch: new species of elusive fairy lantern found in Malaysia" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-04-02 . ↑ Nuraliev, Maxim S.; Yudina, Sophia V.; Dac, Le Xuan; Kuznetsov, Andrey N.; Kuznetsova, Svetlana P.; Semenyuk, Irina I. (2024-06-26). "Thismia papillata (Thismiaceae), a new species from northern Vietnam" . Phytotaxa . 655 (3): 261– 271. doi :10.11646/phytotaxa.655.3.4 . ISSN 1179-3163 . ↑ Siti-Munirah, Mat Yunoh; Mohamad Alias, Shakri (2025). "Thismia aliasii (Thismiaceae), a new species from Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia" . PhytoKeys (254): 175– 188. doi : 10.3897/phytokeys.254.136085 . ISSN 1314-2003 . PMC 11976305 . ↑ Publishers, Pensoft. "New endangered 'fairy lantern' plant species discovered in Malaysia" . phys.org . Retrieved 2025-04-02 .
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