Burmannia coelestis D.Don
First published in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 44 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nepal to Caroline Islands. It is a hemimycotrophic annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Burmannia azurea Griff. in Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 236 (1851)
- Burmannia bifurca Ham. ex Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 5: 665 (1888)
- Burmannia borneensis Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 290 (1919 publ. 1920)
- Burmannia candida var. caerulea Hook.f. ex F.N.Williams in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 362 (1904)
- Burmannia javanica Blume in Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 28 (1827)
- Burmannia malaccensis Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 290 (1919 publ. 1920)
- Burmannia selebica Becc. in Malesia 1: 243 (1878)
- Burmannia triflora Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 117 (1832)
- Burmannia uniflora Rottler ex Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 23 (1827)
- Burmannia urazii Masam. in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 24: 207 (1934)
- Cryptonema malaccensis Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(I): 591 (1848)
- Nephrocoelium malaccensis (Turcz.) Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 26(I): 287 (1853)
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.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1999 | Silva, F.de [9005], Bangladesh | K000873471 | Yes | ||
| Mar 25, 1999 | Wallich [9005], Myanmar | K000873472 | Yes | ||
| Mar 25, 1999 | Wallich [9005], Bangladesh | K000873469 | Yes | ||
| Mar 25, 1999 | s.coll. [1124], Sikkim | K000873470 | Yes | ||
| Mar 25, 1999 | Wallich [9005], Chattisgarh | K000873473 | Yes | ||
| Oct 10, 1978 | Wallich [s.n.], Nepal | K000873468 | holotype | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1938 | Cuming [2325], Peninsular Malaysia | K000291998 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Jan 1, 1938 | Phillips, Dom. [s.n.], Peninsular Malaysia | K000291999 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1937 | Blume, C.L. [s.n.], Jawa | K000292009 | isotype | Yes | |
| Lewis, G.P. [G.P.L. 221], Malaysia | 43533.000 | No | |||
| Hervey, D.F.A. [s.n.], Peninsular Malaysia | K000291996 | Yes | |||
| Cuming [2325], Peninsular Malaysia | K000291997 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| Blume, C.L. [s.n.], Jawa | K000292010 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| Smith, M.R. [Cat. no. 9005] | K001132089 | Yes | |||
| Smith, M.R. [Cat. no. 9005] | K001132088 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 9005], India | K001132087 | Yes | |||
| Smith, M.R. [Cat. no. 9005] | K001132090 | Yes | |||
| Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 9005], Myanmar | K001132091 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0