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Slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth
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burmannia
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Burmannia is a genus of flowering plants long thought of as related to orchids , although more recent studies suggest closer affinities with either the Dioscoreales or the Melanthiales . The plants are herbs, partially autotrophic ( photosynthetic ) but ...
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Burmannia \Burmannia\ n. the type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth. Syn: genus Burmannia .