Biology:Burmeistera

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Burmeistera
Burmeistera minutiflora.jpg
Burmeistera minutiflora
Scientific classification e
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:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Muchhala, N., & Potts, M. D. (2007). Character displacement among bat-pollinated flowers of the genus Burmeistera: analysis of mechanism, process and pattern. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 274(1626), 2731-2737.
  2. Mashburn, Brock (2019-05-28). "A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) in Ecuador". Theses. https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/356. 
  3. Lagomarsino, Laura P.; Forrestel, Elisabeth J.; Muchhala, Nathan; Davis, Charles C. (2017). "Repeated evolution of vertebrate pollination syndromes in a recently diverged Andean plant clade" (in en). Evolution 71 (8): 1970–1985. doi:10.1111/evo.13297. ISSN 1558-5646. PMID 28640437. 
  4. Lagomarsino, Laura P.; Condamine, Fabien L.; Antonelli, Alexandre; Mulch, Andreas; Davis, Charles C. (2016). "The abiotic and biotic drivers of rapid diversification in Andean bellflowers (Campanulaceae)" (in en). New Phytologist 210 (4): 1430–1442. doi:10.1111/nph.13920. ISSN 1469-8137. PMID 26990796. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Muchhala, N., & Lammers, T. G. (2005). A new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from Ecuador. Novon, 15, 176-179.

Wikidata ☰ Q4999390 entry