Claim · model-written summary
Thismia americana is presumed extinct after being known from one Chicago colony.
- Taxon
- T. americana N. E. PfeifferThismia americanae0
- Outcome
- presumably now extincte0
- Setting
- near Chicagoe0
Verbatim
e0“T. americana N. E. Pfeiffer, known from only one colony discovered on low prairies near Chicago in 1912 and presumably now extinct”
Title
The Genera of Burmanniaceae in the Southeastern United States
Carroll E. Wood Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 1983. doi:10.5962/p.324744
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Burmanniaceae comprises 17 or 18 genera and about 135 species.
- Observation The family ranges from green autotrophs to achlorophyllous forms.
- Observation The family occurs mainly in the tropics and subtropics across four continents.
- Observation Twelve genera occur in South America, six extending into North America.