Burmanniaceae

Burmannia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 287 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 11
  • Jonker, Monogr. Burmanniac. 57 (1938).
  • Sp. Pl. 287 (1753)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Jonker in Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks. Univ. Utrecht 5 : 57 (1938).
  • L. Gen. Pl., ed.5: 139 (1754).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 287 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.H. Wright in F.T.A. 7: 11 (1897)
  • G.P. 3(2): 457 (1883)
  • Geerinck in F.C.B., Burmanniaceae: 3 (1970)
  • H. Perrier in Fl. Madag. 48: 2 (1946)
  • Hepper in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 179 (1968)
  • Jonker in Med. Bot. Mus. Rijksuniv. Utrecht 51: 57 (1938)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 139 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 287 (1753)
  • in Fl. Cap. 5(3): 2 (1913)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 25, 1999 Scott Elliot, G.F. [2112] Madagascar K000432365 Type Yes
Baron, R. [1049] Madagascar K000432366 Type Yes
Baron, R. [1561] Madagascar K000432368 Type Yes
Richards, H.M. Zambia K:SPC-18211.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9157] K:SPC-64291.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2652] Zambia K:SPC-03670.000 No
Richards, H.M. [16425] Zambia K:SPC-06430.000 No
Richards, H.M. [9324] Zambia K:SPC-22387.000 No
Rees, T.; Reeve, T. [63] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-46233.000 No
Harley, R.M. [22891] Brazil K:SPC-72767.000 No
Richards, H.M. Zimbabwe K:SPC-23507.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 9005] Burma K001132093 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. [4707] Zambia K:SPC-22389.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 9005] K001132094 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wild, H. [2948] Zimbabwe K:SPC-03671.000 No
Gerard, W.J. [s.n.] Madagascar K000432367 Type Yes
Richards, H.M. Zambia K:SPC-22388.000 No
Baldwin, J.T. [13038] Liberia K:SPC-23505.000 No
Leppard, M. [1044] Brazil K:SPC-37079.000 No
Keay, R.W.J. [36132] Nigeria K:SPC-23504.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10926] Tanzania K:SPC-24434.000 No
Williamson; Simon [557] Zambia K:SPC-32980.000 No
Brummitt, D.; Chisumpa, R.M.; Polhill [14085] Zambia K:SPC-40431.000 No
Poulsen, A.D. [1633] Borneo K:SPC-72484.000 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 9005] K001132092 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images