The Mystery of Thismia Americana, the Parasitic Plant Found Only in Chicago
In 1912, Norma Pfeiffer, a graduate student at the... ...similar species in the tropics. Pfeiffer named it Thismia americana , and wrote her doctoral dissertation on it. Pfe... ...itive results," she wrote.But two years later, T. americana vanished, a disappearance that coincided with the... ...ind a trace...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/03/25/The-Mystery-of-Thismia-Americana-the-Parasitic-Plant-Found-Only-in-Chicago/
