Burmannia (plant)

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Burmannia is a genus of flowering plants long thought of as related to orchids, although more recent studies suggest closer affinities with either the Dioscoreales or the Melanthiales.[3][4][5] The plants are herbs, partially autotrophic (photosynthetic) but also partially parasitic on soil fungi.

Burmannia
Burmannia disticha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genus: Burmannia
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Type species
Burmannia disticha
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Vogelia J.F.Gmel.
  • Tripterella Michx.
  • Maburnia Thouars [a]
  • Gonianthes Blume 1823 not A. Rich. 1850
  • Gonyanthes Nees
  • Tetraptera Miers
  • Tripteranthus Wall. ex Miers
  • Cryptonema Turcz.
  • Nephrocoelium Turcz.

Burmannia is native to tropical and subtropical parts of Africa, eastern Asia, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere. Three are regarded as native to the US:[1][6][7][8][9]

The name Burmannia is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Dutch botanist Johannes Burman (1706 - 1779).[2]

Systematics

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Burmannia comprises the following species.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Maburnia is an imperfect taxonomic anagram of Burmannia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  2. ^ a b Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. B118. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901.
  3. ^ Jonker, F. P. 1938. A monograph of the Burmanniaceae. Mededeelingen van het Botanisch Museum en Herbarium van de Rijks Universiteit te Utrecht 51: 1–279.
  4. ^ Leake, J. R. 1994. Tansley review no. 69. The biology of myco-heterotrophic (‘saprophytic’) plants. New Phytologist 127: 171–216.
  5. ^ Wood, C. E. Jr. 1983. The genera of Burmanniaceae in the southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 64: 293–307.
  6. ^ "Burmannia in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  7. ^ "2013 BONAP North American Plant Atlas. TaxonMaps". bonap.net. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  8. ^ "Burmannia in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  9. ^ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.