Burmannia stricta
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Burmannia stricta is a species ofthe Burmanniaceae family . It is only known from a single find from Kerala , India.
description
Burmannia stricta is an annual, leaf-green, continuously whitish, unbranched herbaceous plant that reaches a height of 5 to 11 centimeters at flowering time. It is mycotrophic . There is no rhizome, the roots are fibrous and short. The leaves are 2.2 to 4 millimeters long. They are absent at the base and only occur sporadically on the stem, where they are ovate-lanceolate, scale-like, tapering to a point, close-fitting and keeled at the base.
The flowering and fruiting time is November. The inflorescence consists of one or two flowers . The sessile flowers are 6.5 to 9.6 millimeters long, the flower tube is cylindrical and 3.3 millimeters long, the 7 to 9 millimeters long and 1.7 to 2.2 millimeters wide wings are halved elliptical and run from the base of the outer lobes to below the base of the ovary . The outer lobes are triangular, upright, with thin or slightly fleshy edges, a pointed outer end and 1.2 to 1.4 millimeters long. The inner lobes are linear, lanceolate with a pointed outer end and 0.6 millimeters long. The stamens are sessile and start in the pharynx, below the inner lobes. The connective has two short, lateral arms that carry the thecae and a downward-pointing spur at the base. The stylus is as long as the corolla tube and thread-shaped, at its end are the three almost sessile, trumpet-shaped scars .
The ovaries are elliptical and 3 to 4.2 millimeters long. The elliptical or obovate capsule opens along transverse slits. The seeds are numerous and elliptical.
distribution
Burmannia stricta is only known from a single find in Kerala , India, where it was found at 1,400 meters.
Systematics
The species was first described in 1938 by Fredrik Pieter Jonker based on a find from 1909.
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