Thismia
| Thismia | |
|---|---|
| Thismia rodwayi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Burmanniaceae |
| Genus: | Griff.[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Thismia brunonis Griff.[3][4] | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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]
Description
Thismia are perennial,[7] achlorophyllous, mycoheterotrophic,[3] tuberous plants with branched or simple stems.[8] The 1–4 terminal,[8] solitary flowers[9] are erect.[7] The androecium consists of 6 stamens.[1][8] The gynoecium consists of one carpel.[9][8]
Name
The generic name Thismia refers to Thomas Smith (English microscopist, died ca. 1825). It is an anagram of his name.[7][1]
Conservation
Most Thismia species are threatened with extinction[10] and many species are only known from very few collections.[11] For instance, the IUCN conservation status of Thismia melanomitra is Vulnerable (VU),[12] Thismia malayana is categorized as Vulnerable (VU),[13] Thismia kobensis, which was previously believed to be extinct, is now categorized as Critically Endangered (CR),[14] and Thismia americana is believed to be possibly extinct.[11][15]
Ecology
The flowers of Thismia tentaculata are pollinated by fungus gnats.[16] The flowers of Thismia hongkongensis are visited by fungus gnats and scuttle flies.[17]
Cytology
The chromosome count of Thismia huangii is 2n = 18.[18] The chromosome count of Thismia abei is 2n = 12.[19]
Taxonomy
It was published by William Griffith in 1845[2] with Thismia brunonis Griff. as the type species.[3][4]
Species
As of June 2024, 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:
2024
- Thismia malayana Siti-Munirah, Hardy-Adrian, Mohamad-Shafiq & Irwan-Syah[13][20]
- Thismia malipoensis J. D. Ya & W. B. Yu[10]
- Thismia papillata Nuraliev et al.[21]
- Thismia perlisensis Besi & Rusea[3]
2025
- Thismia aliasii Siti-Munirah & Alias[22][23]
References
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d e "Thismia Griff". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ a b c d 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
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.