Genus Burmannia
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Short etymology:
For Johannes Burman (1707–1780), Dutch botanist and physician, a professor of botany at Amsterdam University who studied at Leiden under Herman Boerhaave (1722), qualifying as a doctor in 1728, and who was a close friend of Linnaeus. He was the author of Thesaurus zeylanicus (Ceylon plants), Rariorum Africanarum plantarum (1738–1739), the first work devoted to plants of the Cape Colony, based on a collection by Nicolaes Witsen and the work of Caspar Commelin (and possibly Simon van der Stel), and Flora malabarica (dealing with plants on Ambon Island, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia).
Scientific name:
Burmannia L.
Etymology source:
Global vulnerability:
NE
Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 1: 287 (1753)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1753
Observations of Taxon
Burmannia madagascariensis
Name of observer:
Various (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Burmannia madagascariensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Barbra Jeppe (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Burmannia madagascariensis
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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