Burmannia longifolia Becc. belongs to the Burmanniaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Dioscoreales
Family
Burmanniaceae
Genus
Burmannia
Specific Epithet
longifolia
Authorship
Becc.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 14.1
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
1.5
Global rank
#24,061 of 335,497
Top 8%
Extinction probability
12%
Location
Malaysia, Sabah, West Coast (Ranau)
6.082472, 116.734806
Location Remarks
Kinabalu National Park. Trail to the summit, close to Panar Laban.
Collectors
Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian
Notes
Green leaves basal; scape c. 20-25 cm. Possibly a fully autotrophic member of the genus (Merckx, V., ed., 2013. Mycoheterotrophy, p. 40).