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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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, mycotrophic, not green. <b>Rhizomes</b> absent. <b>Roots</b> horizontal, stoutly terete. <b>Stems</b> unbranched, very short. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, bractlike, white. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers; floral bracts imbricate. <b>Flowers</b> erect, neither ribbed nor winged; perianth caducous in fruit; annulus present in perianth throat immediately proximal to lobes; stamens 6, pendent, forming ring proximal to annulus; ovary 1-locular; placentation parietal; pedicel absent. <b>Capsules</b> cup-shaped; 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>
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|authority=Griffith
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|parent rank=family
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|family=Burmanniaceae
|distribution=Non-North American species mostly pantropical.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Linn. Soc. London
|publication year=1845
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|genus=Thismia
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