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|accepted_name=Thismia
|accepted_authority=Griffith
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Linn. Soc. London
|place=1: 221. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Burmanniaceae;Thismia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Burmanniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Thismia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Anagram, for Thomas Smith, English microscopist, died ca. 1825
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 487
|treatment_page=page 489
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism nutrition;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>perennial, mycotrophic, not green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome presence"><b>Rhizomes </b>absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="root orientation;root shape"><b>Roots </b>horizontal, stoutly terete.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem architecture;stem height or length or size"><b>Stems </b>unbranched, very short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position;leaf shape;leaf coloration"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, bractlike, white.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>solitary flowers;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="floral bract arrangement">floral bracts imbricate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower orientation;flower architecture or shape;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>erect, neither ribbed nor winged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="perianth duration">perianth caducous in fruit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="annulus presence;perianth throat position">annulus present in perianth throat immediately proximal to lobes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen orientation;stamen position">stamens 6, pendent, forming ring proximal to annulus;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="">ovary 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary placentation">placentation parietal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pedicel presence">pedicel absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties=""><b>Capsules </b>cupshaped;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule dehiscence">dehiscence irregular by breaking down of wall.</span><!--

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|distribution=Non-North American species mostly pantropical
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 32 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Thismia
|authority=Griffith
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Burmanniaceae
|distribution=Non-North American species mostly pantropical
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Linn. Soc. London
|publication year=1845
|special status=
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|genus=Thismia
|annulus presence=absent
|capsule dehiscence=irregular
|capsule shape=cup-shaped
|floral bract arrangement=imbricate
|flower architecture=winged
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower architecture or shape=ribbed
|flower orientation=erect
|leaf coloration=white
|leaf position=cauline
|leaf shape=bractlike
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|ovary placentation=parietal
|pedicel presence=absent
|perianth duration=caducous
|perianth throat position=proximal
|rhizome presence=absent
|root orientation=horizontal
|root shape=terete
|stamen orientation=pendent
|stamen position=proximal
|stamen quantity=6
|stem architecture=unbranched
|stem height or length or size=short
|whole_organism coloration=not green
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism nutrition=mycotrophic
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