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Thismia abei

Family
Burmanniaceae (Burmanni family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
S. Japan (to Izu Shotō)
Climate
subtropical

About

Thismia abei is a species of plant in the genus Thismia. It does not produce chlorophyll, and is found in plant litter on the ground of evergreen forests. Its native location ranges from South Japan to the Izu Islands.

Other Thismia plants

Thismia acuminata · Banded Trinity · Fairy lantern · Thismia hongkongensis · Thismia kobensis · Fairy Lantern · Thismia megalongensis · Thismia melanomitra · Thismia neptunis · Fairy lantern · Fairy Lanterns

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thismia abei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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