{"id":1432867,"date":"2021-01-06T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1432867"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:36:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T11:06:48","slug":"burmannia-coelestis","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/burmannia-coelestis\/","title":{"rendered":"Burmannia coelestis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burmannia coelestis\u00a0<\/i>D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 44 1825<\/cite>. (syn: Burmannia azurea<\/i> Griff.; Burmannia bifurca Ham. ex Hook.f.; Burmannia borneensis<\/i> Gand.; Burmannia candida<\/i>\u00a0var.\u00a0caerulea<\/i> Hook.f. ex F.N.Williams; Burmannia javanica<\/i> Blume; Burmannia malaccensis<\/i> Gand.; Burmannia selebica<\/i> Becc.; Burmannia triflora<\/i> Roxb.; Burmannia uniflora<\/i> Rottler ex Spreng.; Burmannia urazii<\/i> Masam.; Cryptonema malaccensis<\/i> Turcz.; Nephrocoelium malaccensis<\/i> (Turcz.) Turcz.);
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Nepal to Caroline Islands: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh,<\/span> Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, East Himalaya,<\/span> Hainan, India,<\/span> Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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Different from Burmannia<\/i>\u00a0pusilla<\/i> (Miers) Thwaites<\/a> as per Flowers of India<\/a>;
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Common name:<\/b>\u00a0Indian Bluethread \u2022\u00a0Marathi<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0928\u0940\u0932\u092e\u0923\u093f Neelmani
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Small herbs,<\/span> stem much reduced. Leaves absent. Flowers regular, on long terminal peduncle, 1-3 together; calyx tube 3-winged, 1 cm long, retuse at apex, bright pink; petals absent; stamens 3, anthers sessile, ovate, erect; ovary inferior, 3-celled, winged, ovules many, style 3-lobed. Fruit a dehiscent winged capsule; seeds numerous, minute, reticulate.<\/span>
\nFlowering and fruiting: October-December<\/span>
\nAmong grassy patches in moist deciduous forests<\/span>
\nIndo-Malesia<\/span>
\n(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\n368 ID wild plant Utricularia<\/a>: 8 high res. images.
\nPlease ID wild plant,
\nLocation: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607<\/span>
\nAltitude: 1500fsl<\/span>
\nFlower date: 21SEP2022<\/span>
\nHabitat: wild moisture, dripping rocky misty hill, wind <\/span>
\nPlant habit: erect branches, no stem, unbranched, annual<\/span>
\nHeight: 15cm (peduncle)<\/span>
\nLeaves: not visible
\nFlower: lengthy erect angular slender peduncle racemose, tri winged, size:11x13x11mm, violet, non fragrant<\/span>
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\nCamera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x<\/p>\n

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Check Burmannia<\/em> species<\/p>\n

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Pl. check\u00a0https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/02\/11\/burmannia\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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I just wanted to add that Burmania,<\/em> like Ophioglossum<\/em> (an aquatic fern, =snake tongue fern) are plants that live autotrophically depending on fungus for nutrition and spending much of their time underground like a fungus, only at the time of flowering these species emerge from their underground crypts. I suppose since it is a underground plant, there will be another flower at the same place, almost same time next year\/season.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is very close to Burmannia pusilla,<\/i> thanks a lot dear … for ID my plant,<\/p>\n

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Sharing closeup of peduncle<\/p>\n

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It is identified as Burmannia coelestis<\/em> by …, thanks a lot.<\/p>\n

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Burmannia coelistes<\/em><\/p>\n

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Does anyone have keys to Burmannia<\/em> species in South India?<\/p>\n

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Nepali Name :\u00a0\u0928\u093f\u0932\u092e\u0923\u093f Nilmani<\/strong><\/p>\n

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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0WCSP<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Flora of China<\/a>\u00a0 FOC illustration<\/a> \u00a0Flora of peninsular India<\/a> Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 Kerala plants<\/a> \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Burmannia coelestis\u00a0D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 44 1825. (syn: Burmannia azurea Griff.; Burmannia bifurca Ham. ex Hook.f.; Burmannia borneensis Gand.; Burmannia candida\u00a0var.\u00a0caerulea Hook.f. ex F.N.Williams; Burmannia javanica Blume; Burmannia malaccensis Gand.; Burmannia selebica Becc.; Burmannia triflora Roxb.; Burmannia uniflora Rottler ex Spreng.; Burmannia urazii Masam.; Cryptonema malaccensis Turcz.; Nephrocoelium malaccensis (Turcz.)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[7421],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1432867","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-burmannia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1432867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1432867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1432867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1432867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1432867"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1432867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}