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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Burmannia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 287. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 139. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Burmanniaceae;Burmannia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Burmanniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Burmannia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Johannes Burman, 1707–1779, Dutch botanist
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 487
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, autotrophic, at least partly green. <b>Rhizomes</b> absent. <b>Roots</b> filiform. <b>Stems</b> usually unbranched, green. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, sometimes basal, green, purplish, or pale, scalelike to linear. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2–25-flowered cymes or flowers solitary; floral bracts sometimes appearing imbricate if internodes of cyme rachis are very short; pedicels 0–1 mm. <b>Flowers</b> erect, 3-ribbed to 3-winged; perianth persistent in fruit; annulus absent; stamens 3, proximal to inner perianth lobes, sessile; ovary 3-locular; placentation axile. <b>Capsules</b> obovoid to ellipsoid, transversely dehiscent.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mostly tropical and subtropical;Western Hemisphere;Africa;Asia (China).
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 60 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Flowers 3-ribbed or slightly 3-winged; inflorescences usually appearing capitate; inner perianth lobes usually less than 2/3 length of outer lobes.
|[[Burmannia capitata|Burmannia capitata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Flowers distinctly 3-winged; inflorescences loosely flowered cymes or flowers solitary; inner perianth lobes 2/3 to nearly equaling length of outer lobes.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Flowers bluish with perianth lobes paler, often cream-colored; basal leaves absent.
|[[Burmannia biflora|Burmannia biflora]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Flowers yellow or greenish; basal leaves present.
|[[Burmannia flava|Burmannia flava]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Burmannia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Burmanniaceae
|distribution=Mostly tropical and subtropical;Western Hemisphere;Africa;Asia (China).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Burmannia
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