Burmeistera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Campanulaceae
Subfamilia: Lobelioideae
Genus: Burmeistera
Species: B. acuminata – B. aeribacca – B. almedae – B. anderssonii – B. antioquensis – B. arbusculifera – B. asclepiadea – B. aspera – B. asplundii – B. auriculata – B. borjensis – B. brachyandra – B. breviflora – B. brighamioides – B. bullatifolia – B. caldasensis – B. carnosa – B. ceratocarpa – B. chiriquiensis – B. chirripoensis – B. coleoides – B. connivens – B. corei – B. crassifolia – B. crebra – B. crispiloba – B. curviandra – B. cyclostigmata – B. cylindrocarpa – B. darienensis – B. dendrophila – B. dichlora – B. domingensis – B. dukei – B. estrellana – B. fimbriata – B. formosa – B. fruticosa – B. fuscoapicata – B. glabrata – B. glauca – B. globosa – B. hammelii – B. hippobromoides – B. holm-nielsenii – B. huacamayensis – B. ibaguensis – B. ignimontis – B. intii – B. kalbreyeri – B. killipii – B. kirkbridei – B. knaphusii – B. lacerata – B. loejtnantii – B. longifolia – B. luteynii – B. lutosa – B. maculata – B. marginata – B. mcvaughii – B. microphylla – B. minutiflora – B. montipomum – B. morii – B. multiflora – B. multipinnatisecta – B. mutisiana – B. nuda – B. oblongifolia – B. obtusifolia – B. ondocarpa – B. oyacachensis – B. pallida – B. panamensis – B. parviflora – B. pastoralis – B. pennellii – B. pinnatisecta – B. pirrensis – B. pomifera – B. prunifolia – B. pteridioides – B. puberula – B. racemiflora – B. refracta – B. resupinata – B. resupinata – B. resupinata – B. rivina – B. rostrata – B. rubrosepala – B. smaragdi – B. sodiroana – B. succulenta – B. sylvicola – B. tambensis – B. tenuiflora – B. tomentosula – B. toroensis – B. truncata – B. utleyi – B. variabilis – B. venezuelensis – B. virescens – B. vulgaris – B. xerampelina – B. zurquiensis
Name

Burmeistera H.Karst. & Triana Linnaea 28: 444. (1857)
Type species: Burmeistera ibaguensis H.Karst., Linnaea 28: 444 (1857)

References

Karsten, G.H. & Triana, J.J. (1857) Linnaea 28: 444.
Garzón Venegas, J., González, F. & Vélez Puerta, J.M. (2012) Burmeistera minutiflora (Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae), a new species from the high Andes of Antioquia (Colombia) with the smallest flowers in the genus, Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 69(2): 243–246. Available on line [1] (In English). Accessed 2014 July 20.
Garzón Venegas, J., Vélez Puerta, J.M. & González, F. (2013) Three new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae) from Colombia, Brittonia, 65(2): 119–127. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-012-9259-8

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Burmeistera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Burmeistera. Published online. Accessed: Jul 31 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Burmeistera in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul 31.
Tropicos.org 2019. Burmeistera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jul 2019.

Vernacular names

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 cyclostigma
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

References
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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.
Mashburn, Brock (2019-05-28). "A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) in Ecuador". Theses.
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". Evolution. 71 (8): 1970–1985. doi:10.1111/evo.13297. ISSN 1558-5646. PMID 28640437.
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)". New Phytologist. 210 (4): 1430–1442. doi:10.1111/nph.13920. ISSN 1469-8137. PMC 4950005. PMID 26990796.
Muchhala, N., & Lammers, T. G. (2005). A new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from Ecuador. Novon, 15, 176-179.