- Source: Thismiaceae
Thismiaceae is a family of flowering plants whose status is currently uncertain. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classifications (APG II, APG III, and APG IV) merge Thismiaceae into Burmanniaceae, noting that some studies have suggested that Thismiaceae, Burmanniaceae and Taccaceae should be separate families, whereas others support their merger.
The family has been recognized by some authors (like J. Hutchinson, Chase et al. 1995, 2000; Caddick et al. 2000; Neyland 2002; Thiele & Jordan 2002, Merckx et al. 2006 and Woodward et al. 2007). Others have supported the APG position of merging the family into Burmanniaceae, sometimes as the tribe Thismieae (Maas-van de Kamer in Kubitzki system and others).
For those who keep the family separate, it consists of six 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 the Amazon basin.
List of genera
Afrothismia (Engl.) Schltr.
Haplothismia Airy Shaw
Oxygyne Schltr.
Relictithismia Suetsugu, Yas.Nakam. & Tagane
Thismia Griff.
Tiputinia P.E. Berry & C. L. Woodw.
References
External links
Media related to Thismiaceae at Wikimedia Commons
Thismiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.
Thismiaceae in Neotropikey, key and other information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics from Kew