79.000 Burnatia Micheli

Description of the genus

Dioecious herbs. Leaves erect. Inflorescence of whorls of 3 branches or 3 flowers; bracts 3. Flowers unisexual. Male flowers: sepals 3, petals 3, stamens 9, abortive carpels c.12. Female flowers: sepals 3, petals 0, rarely present as 3 minute scales; carpels numerous, free. Achenes spirally arranged, laterally flattened with a flange following the outline of the seed cavity on each side, glandular.

Worldwide: 1 species in tropical Africa

Malawi: 1 taxon.

Burnatia enneandra

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enneandra (Hochst.) MicheliC,SDescription, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Burnatia
Flora of Burundi: Burnatia
Flora of Caprivi: Burnatia
Flora of Mozambique: Burnatia
Flora of Zambia: Burnatia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Burnatia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Burnatia
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Burnatia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Burnatia
JSTOR Plant Science: Burnatia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Burnatia
Plants of the World Online: Burnatia
Tropicos: Burnatia
Wikipedia: Burnatia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Burnatia.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=105, retrieved 6 October 2024

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