- Source: Burmeistera
Burmeistera is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. There are around 130 species distributed in Central and South America. This genus represents a rapid evolutionary radiation with species having diverged within only the last 2.6 million years.
These are herbs, shrubs, or lianas. Most have either green or yellow flowers with purple markings and inflated fruit pods.
The flowers of these plants are pollinated by bats, except for Burmeistera rubrosepala, which is pollinated by hummingbirds. Bats such as Anoura geoffroyi and Anoura caudifer visit the flowers for the nectar.
Species include:
Burmeistera anderssonii
Burmeistera asplundii
Burmeistera auriculata
Burmeistera brachyandra
Burmeistera crispiloba
Burmeistera cuyujensis
Burmeistera cyclostigma
Burmeistera cylindrocarpa
Burmeistera domingensis
Burmeistera formosa
Burmeistera holm-nielsenii
Burmeistera huacamayensis
Burmeistera ignimontis
Burmeistera loejtnantii
Burmeistera microphylla
Burmeistera oblongifolia
Burmeistera oyacachensis
Burmeistera parviflora
Burmeistera racemiflora
Burmeistera refracta
Burmeistera resupinata
Burmeistera rubrosepala
Burmeistera sodiroana
Burmeistera tenuiflora
Burmeistera truncata