Thismia is characterized by an exceptionally complicated floral morphology that is currently
not understood properly. In the taxonomic literature, descriptive rather than morphological …

Heterotrophic plants provide intriguing examples of reductive evolution. This is especially
evident in the reduction of their plastid genomes, which can potentially proceed toward …

Thismia ornata and T. coronata (Thismiaceae), two new species from Sarawak (Malaysian
Borneo) are described and illustrated. Thismia ornata belongs to T. sect. Thismia subsect …

A new species, Thismia paradisiaca (Thismiaceae), discovered on the basis of a record at
the iNaturalist platform is described and illustrated. The new species is recorded for the …

This report describes Thismia belumensis Siti-Munirah & Suhaimi-Miloko, a novel species of
achlorophyllous herb discovered in the Royal Belum State Park, Peninsular Malaysia. This …

A new southernmost record of Thismia panamensis (Standl.) Jonker in Brazil extends the
occurrence of this species to the Atlantic Rainforest. This species was found in Parque …

Abstract Knowledge on the mycoheterotrophic genus Thismia (Thismiaceae) in the
neotropics is scarce, where the majority of species are known from Brazil, with 13 currently …

We describe an extraordinary new species in the genus Thismia from the Terengganu State
of Malaysia in the Malay Peninsula. The new species, which we name Thismia …

Thismia **zun, a new fully mycoheterotrophic species has been discovered from Hainan
Province, China. Thismia **zun is similar to T. javanica and T. tentaculata in overall …

Abstract Fairy lanterns (Thismia; Thismiaceae, Dioscoreales) are believed to be extremely
rare and narrowly endemic plants. Despite that, many new Thismia populations have been …