Family · Monocots

Burmanniaceae

Bluethreads

Small often mycoheterotrophic herbs, many nearly leafless and lacking chlorophyll in shaded tropics.

Accepted species: 256accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 13accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈77 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Burmannia
Gymnosiphon

Genera

Thismia121 spp.
Burmannia60 spp.
Gymnosiphon38 spp.
Afrothismia17 spp.
Oxygyne6 spp.
Campylosiphon5 spp.
Hexapterella2 spp.
Tiputinia2 spp.
Apteria1 spp.
Dictyostega1 spp.
Haplothismia1 spp.
Marthella1 spp.
Miersiella1 spp.

Where it grows

Asia-Tropical121
Southern America69
Africa34
Asia-Temperate28
Australasia13
Northern America8
Pacific5

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Burmanniaceae sits in the order Dioscoreales.