Thismia sect. Glaziocharis (Taub. ex Warm.) Hatusima (1976: 7)

Basionym:— Glaziocharis Taub. ex Warming (1901: 175); Taubert (1895: LXVI), nom. inval.

Homotypic synonym:— Thismia sect. Pyramidalis Maas & H.Maas in Maas et al. (1986: 161), nom. illeg. superfl.

Type species:— Glaziocharis macahensis Taub. ex Warming (1901: 175) [≡ Thismia caudata Maas & H.Maas in Maas et al. (1986: 162)].

Notes:— As follows from the treatments of Thismia sect. Pyramidalis (Maas et al. 1986, Merckx & Smets 2014, Kumar et al. 2017) supplemented by further new species (Maas & Maas 1987, da Silva & Braga 2022, da Silva et al. 2020, 2023) and species records (Voloschen et al. 2013, da Silva et al. 2020, Engels et al. 2023, Ríos & da Cruz 2023), Thismia sect. Glaziocharis is expected to include seven species distributed in Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador. These species are:

Thismia caudata Maas & H.Maas in Maas et al. (1986: 162)

Thismia fungiformis (Taubert ex Warming 1901: 178) Maas & H.Maas in Maas et al. (1986: 165)

Thismia melanomitra Maas & Maas (1987: 141)

Thismia petasiformis da Silva & Braga (2022: 222)

Thismia pseudomelanomitra D.F.Silva & J.M.A.Braga in da Silva et al. (2023: 176)

Thismia ribeiroi Engels, D.F.Silva & Soares-Lopes in da Silva et al. (2020: 268)

Thismia singeri (de la Sota 1960: 45) Maas & H.Maas in Maas et al. (1986: 166)