Thismiaceae

Taxobox
name = Thismiaceae
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Dioscoreales
familia = Thismiaceae
familia_authority = J.Agardh
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

Thismiaceae is a family of flowering plants recognized by several authors (like J. Hutchinson, Chase "et al." 1995 [Chase, M.W., Stevenson, D.W., Wilkin, P. & Rudall, P.J. 1995. Monocot systematics: a combined analysis. Pp. 685–730 in: Rudall. P.J., Cribb, P.J., Cutler, D.F. & Humphries, C.J. (eds.), "Monocotyledons: Systematics and Evolution."Royal Botanic Garden, Kew.] , 2000 [Chase, M.W., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., Rudall, P.J., Fay, M.F., Hahn, W.H., Sullivan, S., Joseph, J., Molvray, M., Kores, P.J., Givnish, T.J., Sytsma, K.J. & Pires, J.C. 2000. Higher-level systematics of the monocotyledons:an assessment of current knowledge and a new classification.Pp. 3–16 in: Wilson, K.L. & Morrison, D.A.(eds.), "Monocots: Systematics and Evolution". CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.] ; Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 1998; Caddick "et al." 2000 [Caddick, L.R., Rudall & P. Wilkin, P.J. 2000. Floral morphology and development in Dioscoreales. "Feddes Repert." 111: 189–230.] [Caddick, L.R., Rudall, P.J., Wilkin, P. & Chase, M.W. 2000. Yams and their allies: systematics of Dioscoreales. Pp. 475–487 in: Wilson, K.L. & Morrison, D.A. (eds.), "Monocots: Systematics and Evolution". CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.] ; Neyland 2002 [Neyland, R. 2002. A phylogeny inferred from large-subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA sequences suggests that Burmanniales are polyphyletic. "Austral. Syst. Bot." 15: 19–28.] ; Thiele & Jordan 2002 [Thiele, K.R. & Jordan, P. 2002. Thismia clavarioides (Thismiaceae),a new species of fairy lantern from New South Wales. "Telopea" 9: 765–771.] , Merckx "et al." 2006 [ Merckx, V., Schols, V., Maas-van de Kamer, H., Maas, P., Huysmans, S., & Smets, E. (2006). Phylogeny and evolution of Burmanniaceae (Dioscoreales) based on nuclear and mitochondrial data. "American Journal of Botany" 93: 1684-1698 ] and Woodward "et al." 2007 Woodward, C. L.; Berry, P. E.; Maas-van de Kamer, H.; Swing, K. (2007). Tiputinia foetida, a new mycoheterotrophic genus of Thismiaceae from Amazonian Ecuador, and a likely case of deceit pollination. "Taxon" 56(1):157-162.] , but also has been included mainly in Burmanniaceae as tribe Thismieae (APG II, Maas-van de Kamer in Kubitzki system [Maas-van de Kamer, H. (1998). Burmanniaceae. Pp.154–163 in: Kubitzki, K., Huber, H., Rudall, P.J., Stevens, P.S. & Stützel, T. (eds), "The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants", Vol. III, Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae). Springer-Verlag, Berlin.] and others), consisting of five genera, three ("Afrothismia", "Haplothismia" and "Oxygyne") are entirely from Old World, "Thismia" is from tropical areas of both America and Asia, as well as three temperate species in Illinois (U.S.A), Japan and New Zealand, temperate Australia and "Tiputinia" is from Amazonia.;List of Genera
* "Afrothismia" (Engl.) Schltr.
* "Haplothismia" Airy Shaw
* "Oxygyne" Schltr.
* "Thismia" Griff.
* "Tiputinia" P.E. Berry & C. L. Woodw.

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External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/thismiac.htm Thismiaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants] : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.