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Taxon

Burmannia capitata (Walter ex J.F.Gmel.) Mart.

Protologue Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 1(1): 12. [late 1823 or Jan-Feb 1824]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Burmannia capitata, E.Tepe587--Fr. Guiana. Piste de Saint-Elie. 19 Mch 02.  001.jpg

Burmannia capitata, E.Tepe587--Fr. Guiana. Piste de Saint-Elie. 19 Mch 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Burmannia capitata, E.Tepe587--Fr. Guiana. Piste de Saint-Elie. 19 Mch 02. 002.jpg

Burmannia capitata, E.Tepe587--Fr. Guiana. Piste de Saint-Elie. 19 Mch 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Burmannia capitata, E.Tepe587--Fr. Guiana. Piste de Saint-Elie. 19 Mch 02. 003.jpg

Burmannia capitata, E.Tepe587--Fr. Guiana. Piste de Saint-Elie. 19 Mch 02. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 35 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Tepe E.J. 587

March 19, 2002

Location

French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

Eric J. Tepe

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Dioscoreales

Family

Burmanniaceae

Genus

Burmannia

Specific Epithet

capitata

Authorship

(Walter ex J.F.Gmel.) Mart.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.8

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.0

Global rank

#44,250 of 335,497

Top 14%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →