Thismia kobensis
| Thismia kobensis | |
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| Holotype specimen after dissection on 10 June 1992 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Burmanniaceae |
| Genus: | Thismia Griffith, 1844[2][3] |
| Species: | T. kobensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Thismia kobensis Suetsugu et al., 2018[1]
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Thismia kobensis is a species of flowering plant from the Thismia genus in the myco-heterotrophic family Burmanniaceae.
The type and originally only specimen was discovered in Kobe, Japan, in 1992, and preserved without identification, although it was originally assigned to the genus Oxygyne. No new specimens were found in follow-up surveys between 1993 and 1999, and the plant's original habitat was destroyed by land development in 1999. T. kobensis was declared extinct in 2010 due to habitat loss and deforestation.[4] It was described as a species of Thismia in 2018.[1]
In 2021 the plant was rediscovered some 30 km away from the original location. 20 specimens were found in a conifer plantation.[5] News of the rediscovery was published in 2023.[6]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Suetsugu, Kenji; Nakanishi, Osamu; Kobayashi, Tomiki; Kurosaki, Nobuhira (2018). "Thismia kobensis (Burmanniaceae), a new and presumably extinct species from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan". Phytotaxa. 369 (2): 121. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.369.2.6.
- ^ Griffith W. (1844). "On the root parasites referred by authors to Rhizantheae and their allies". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 216-221. page 221.
- ^ "Genus: Thismia Griff". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
- ^ "New plant species discovered in museum is probably extinct". Phys.org. 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Japanische »Feen-Laterne« lebt doch noch". Spectrum.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ Suetsugu, Kenji; Yamana, Kohei; Okada, Hidehito (2023). "Rediscovery of the presumably extinct fairy lantern Thismia kobensis (Thismiaceae) in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, with discussions on its taxonomy, evolutionary history, and conservation". Phytotaxa. 585 (2). doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.585.2.2. hdl:20.500.14094/0100479355. S2CID 257227946.