What is "thismia"

Thismia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1845. It is native to East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Central America, South America, and † Illinois.

1. Thismia abei (Akasawa) Hatus. - Awa on Shikoku Island in Japan
2. Thismia alba Holttum - S Thailand, Pahang
3. † Thismia americana N.Pfeiff. - Lake Calumet in Illinois in USA but extinct
4. Thismia angustimitra S.Chantanaorrapint - Thailand
5. Thismia annamensis K.Larsen & Aver. - Vietnam
6. Thismia arachnites Ridl. - W Malaysia
7. Thismia aseroe Becc. - Perak, Singapore
8. Thismia betung-kerihunensis Tsukaya & H.Okada - Kalimantan
9. Thismia bifida M.Hotta - Sarawak
10. Thismia brunonis Griff. - Myanmar
11. † Thismia caudata Maas & H.Maas - Brazil but extinct
12. Thismia chrysops Ridl - W Malaysia
13. Thismia clandestina (Blume) Miq. - Java
14. Thismia clavarioides K.R.Thiele - New South Wales
15. Thismia crocea (Becc.) J.J.Sm. - W New Guinea
16. Thismia episcopalis (Becc.) J.J.Sm. - Borneo
17. Thismia espirito-santensis Brade - Espírito Santo in Brazil
18. Thismia filiformis Chantanaorr. - Thailand
19. Thismia fumida Ridl. - Selangor, Singapore
20. † Thismia fungiformis (Taub. ex Warm.) Maas & H.Maas - Brazil but extinct
21. Thismia gardneriana Hook.f. ex Thwaites - Sri Lanka
22. Thismia glaziovii Poulsen - Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
23. Thismia goodii Kiew - Sabah
24. Thismia grandiflora Ridl. - Johor in Malaysia
25. Thismia hexagona Dančák, Hroneš, Kobrlová & Sochor, 2013
26. Thismia hongkongensis S.S.Mar & R.M.K.Saunders - Hong Kong
27. Thismia huangii P.Y.Jiang & T.H.Hsieh - Taiwan
28. Thismia hyalina (Miers) Benth. & Hook.f. ex F.Muell. - Peru, Brazil
29. Thismia iguassuensis (Miers) Warm. - Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
30. Thismia janeirensis Warm - Rio de Janeiro + Minas Gerais in Brazil
31. Thismia javanica J.J. Sm. - Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra
32. Thismia labiata J.J.Sm. - Sumatra
33. Thismia lauriana Jarvie - Kalimantan
34. Thismia luetzelburgii Goebel & Suess. - Costa Rica, Panama, Espirito Santo in Brazil
35. Thismia macahensis (Miers) F.Muell. - Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
36. Thismia megalongensis C.Hunt, G.Steenbeeke & V.Merckx - New South Wales, Australia
37. Thismia melanomitra Maas & H.Maas - Ecuador
38. Thismia mirabilis K. Larsen - Thailand
39. Thismia mullerensis Tsukaya & H.Okada - Kalimantan
40. Thismia neptunis Becc. - Sarawak
41. Thismia ophiuris Becc. - Borneo
42. Thismia panamensis (Standl.) Jonker - from Costa Rica to Bolivia
43. Thismia racemosa Ridl. - Pahang in Malaysia
44. Thismia rodwayi F.Muell. - Fairy Lanterns - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, New Zealand North Island
45. Thismia saulensis - French Guiana
46. Thismia singeri (de la Sota) Maas & H.Maas - Beni in Bolivia
47. Thismia taiwanensis - Gaoxiong in Taiwan
48. Thismia tentaculata K.Larsen & Aver. - Hong Kong, Vietnam
49. Thismia tuberculata Hatus. - Kyushu in Japan
50. Thismia yorkensis Cribb - N Queensland