Thismieae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Burmanniaceae
Tribus: Thismieae
Genera: Afrothismia – Haplothismia – Oxygyne – Thismia – Tiputinia

Name

Thismieae Miers in J. Lindley, Veg. Kingd., ed. 3: 171, 172. (1853)

Type genus: Thismia Griff., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 221 (1845)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Thismiaceae J.Agardh

Note: Thismiaceae is accepted by Stevens (2015), rather than the tribe and they also accept Burmanniaceae s.s..
References

Merckx, V., Schols, P., 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(11), 1684-1698. Full text PDF
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.
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, 157-162.