Thismia is a genus of> 80 mycoheterotrophic species characterized by a peculiar
appearance and complex floral morphology. A significant proportion of the species and …

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

Abstract Background and Aims Mycorrhizal associations in mycoheterotrophic plants are
generally more specialized than in autotrophs. Mycoheterotrophs typically bear small …

Abstract Fairy lanterns (Thismia Griff.) is a genus of poorly known mycoheterotrophic plants
with unclear infrageneric classification. Commonly used approaches that utilize just a single …

A new species of Thismia (Thismiaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is described and
illustrated. Thismia cordata belongs to T. subg. Ophiomeris sect. Ophiomeris, and is mainly …

Thismia (commonly known as fairy lanterns) is a genus of strange-looking, elusive, and non-
photosynthetic plants. Thismia kobensis was first discovered in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture …

Two new species of Thismia (Thismiaceae) from T. subg. Ophiomeris sect. Ophiomeris are
described for the Brazilian Amazon Forest, in the Open Ombrophilous Forests of the State of …

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 …

Achlorophyllous, mycoheterotrophic plants often have an elaborate mycorrhizal colonization
pattern, allowing a sustained benefit from external fungal root penetrations. The present …

Thismia minutissima, a distinctive minute species of the mycoheterotrophic genus Thismia is
described and illustrated. It was found in several localities in mountain areas of Sarawak …