Burmannia wallichii Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Dioscoreales > Burmanniaceae > Burmannia

Characteristics

Plants without chlorophyll, holomycotrophic, flowering when 4-11.5 cm tall. Stems purple, slender. Basal rosette leaves absent. Cauline leaves triangular-subulate, 1.5-3.5 × 1-1.5 mm. Inflorescences 1-3-flowered; bracts triangular-lanceolate, 2-3.5 mm. Flowers sessile, bluish purple, 5-10 mm. Perianth tube 2.5-5.5 mm; wings narrow or reduced to ribs, 0.2-0.8 mm wide; outer tepals ovate-triangular, ca. 1 mm, margin single; inner tepals orbicular, very small, margin single. Stamens sessile; connectives lacking apical crests, sometimes with a pendent basal spur. Ovary ellipsoid to subglobose, 1.5-3 mm. Capsule subglobose. Seeds ellipsoid. Fl. and fr. Jul-Nov. 2n = 32.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support mycoheterotroph
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.12
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Burmannia wallichii world distribution map, present in China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:126664-1
WFO ID wfo-0000342574
COL ID NXRP
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Synonyms

Burmannia griffithii Burmannia wallichii Gonianthes wallichii