| Burmeistera | |
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| Burmeistera minutiflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lobelioideae |
| Genus: | Burmeistera H.Karst. & Triana |
| Species | |
Many, see text | |
Burmeistera is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. There are around 130 species distributed in Central and South America. [1] [2] This genus represents a rapid evolutionary radiation with species having diverged within only the last 2.6 million years. [3] [4]
These are herbs, shrubs, or lianas. Most have either green or yellow flowers with purple markings and inflated fruit pods. [5]
The flowers of these plants are pollinated by bats, except for Burmeistera rubrosepala , which is pollinated by hummingbirds. Bats such as Anoura geoffroyi and Anoura caudifer visit the flowers for the nectar. [1]
Species include:
- Burmeistera anderssonii
- Burmeistera asplundii
- Burmeistera auriculata [5]
- Burmeistera brachyandra
- Burmeistera crispiloba
- Burmeistera cuyujensis
- Burmeistera cyclostigmata
- Burmeistera cylindrocarpa
- Burmeistera domingensis
- Burmeistera formosa
- Burmeistera holm-nielsenii
- Burmeistera huacamayensis
- Burmeistera ignimontis
- Burmeistera loejtnantii
- Burmeistera microphylla
- Burmeistera oblongifolia
- Burmeistera oyacachensis
- Burmeistera parviflora
- Burmeistera racemiflora
- Burmeistera refracta
- Burmeistera resupinata
- Burmeistera rubrosepala
- Burmeistera sodiroana
- Burmeistera tenuiflora
- Burmeistera truncata
