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Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-13
Page range: 121–125
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Thismia kobensis (Burmanniaceae), a new and presumably extinct species from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan
Kokubo, Akashi City, 673-0005, Japan
Asagiriminami-machi, Akashi City, 673-0870, Japan
Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo. Yayoigaoka 6, Sanda, Hyogo, 669-1546, Japan
Thismia kobensis Burmanniaceae Japan Monocots

Abstract

Thismia Griffith (1844: 221), Thismiaceae J. Agardh or Burmanniaceae sensu APG VI (2016), is one of the most species-rich mycoheterotrophic genera, consisting of ca. 80 species (Jonker 1948, Merckx et al. 2013). Considering that most of these species were collected only once (Jonker 1948) and that many new species have recently been discovered in various Asian countries (e.g. Suetsugu et al. 2017, 2018), many more undescribed species are likely in these regions.