"Thismia kobensis was first discovered in Kobe City..Japan in 1992, but it was believed to be extinct, given that its type locality was destroyed during the construction of an industrial complex. Here, we have reported the rediscovery of T. kobensis in Sanda City..which is located approximately 30 km from the type locality. The new locality of T. kobensis is the northernmost distributional limit of Asian Thismiaceae species"
https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.585.2.2#:~:text=Thismia%20kobensis%20was,Asian%20Thismiaceae%20species

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