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Thismia
Sign in to saveThismia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in family Burmanniaceae, known as "fairy lanterns". They are native to East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderDioscoreales
- FamilyBurmanniaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Burmanniaceae
- Collections
- US, NHMUK, MO, OSW, UFAC, UFBA
- Recorded in
- Peru, Malaysia, Ecuador, United States, Brasil, Guyane FrançAise
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thismiaceae
- Image
- Thismia rodwayi (Fairy lantern) 2.JPG
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- Commons category
- Thismia
- taxon name
- Thismia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Thismia
- taxon common name
- 水玉杯属
- taxonomic type
- Thismia brunonis
- nomenclatural type of
- Thismiaceae
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Cytology
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Thismia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in family Burmanniaceae, known as "fairy lanterns". They are native to East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas.
==Description== thumb|Thismia neptunis|404x404px thumb|279x279px|Thismia neptunis painted by [[Marianne North]] thumb|Thismia thaithongiana|235x235px Thismia are perennial, achlorophyllous, mycoheterotrophic, tuberous plants with branched or simple stems. The 1–4 terminal, solitary flowers are erect. The androecium consists of 6 stamens. The gynoecium consists of one carpel. ==Name== The generic name Thismia refers to Thomas Smith (English microscopist, died ca. 1825). It is an anagram of his name.
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