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.[1]
The family has been recognized by some authors (like J. Hutchinson, Chase et al. 1995,[2] 2000;[3] Caddick et al. 2000;[4][5] Neyland 2002;[6] Thiele & Jordan 2002,[7] Merckx et al. 2006[8] and Woodward et al. 2007[9]). Others have supported the APG position of merging the family into Burmanniaceae, sometimes as the tribe Thismieae (Maas-van de Kamer in Kubitzki system[10] and others).
For those who keep the family separate, it consists of five genera, three (Afrothismia, Haplothismia and Oxygyne) are entirely from Old World, Thismia is from
- 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
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- ^ 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.
- 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.
- ^ 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, R. 2002. A phylogeny inferred from large-subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA sequences suggests that Burmanniales are polyphyletic. Austral. Syst. Bot. 15: 19–28.
- ^ Thiele, K.R. & Jordan, P. 2002. Thismia clavarioides (Thismiaceae),a new species of fairy lantern from New South Wales. Telopea 9: 765–771.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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