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Thismia aliasii
Thismia aliasii is a species of myco-heterotrophic plant from the genus Thismia. It was formally described in 2025 by Shakri Mohamad Alias after being found in a forest reserve in Gunung Chemerong, Malaysia. Only 5 individual plants have been found, and have been identified by the authors as critically endangered according to the IUCN Red list criteria.
From the article Thismia aliasii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Thismia aliasii possesses multiple characteristics that differ from other Thismia species. All of their tepals are equal in size and shape, but with different lengths of their inner and outer tepals. The inner tepals are typically 3 millimeters long, whilst the outer ones range from 26 to 33 millimeters. The plants identified stood at around 11 centimeters tall, comparatively smaller than that of other plants in their genus. Thismia aliasii does not use photosynthesis to produce their nutrients; they instead use a process called myco-heterotrophy, where they will absorb nutrients from nearby fungi. The roots do not have branches, and average 1.5 millimeters in diameter. The plants rely on small insects called fungus gnats to help facilitate pollination and their reproduction.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Characteristics”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1616595.