{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{speciesbox |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |title=''Burnatia enneandra'' |author=Ali, M., Ghogue, J.-P. & Lansdown, R.V. |name-list-style=amp |article-number=e.T185704A120123512 |date=2018 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T185704A120123512.en |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> | genus = Burnatia | image = | image_caption = ''Burnatia enneandra'' | parent_authority = | species = enneandra | authority = Micheli ''in'' A.DC. & C.DC. | synonyms_ref = <ref name="rosatlatilpa"/> | synonyms = *''Alisma enneandrum'' <small>Hochst. ''ex'' Micheli ''in'' A.DC. & C.DC.</small> *''Echinodorus schinzii'' <small>Buchenau</small> *''Rautanenia schinzii'' <small>(Buchenau) Buchenau</small> *''Nemopotalon schinzii'' <small>(Buchenau) Buchenau</small> *''Burnatia schinzii'' <small>(Buchenau) Buchenau</small> *''Burnatia alismatoides'' <small>Peter</small> *''Burnatia oblonga'' <small>Peter</small> *''Burnatia alismatoides'' var. ''elliptica'' <small>Peter</small> *''Burnatia enneandra ''var''. linearis'' <small>Peter</small> }}
'''''Burnatia''''' is a genus in the family Alismataceae. It includes only one currently recognized species, '''''Burnatia enneandra'''''. It is native to tropical and southern Africa from Senegal to Tanzania to South Africa.<ref name="rosatlatilpa">{{Cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=301518|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|website=apps.kew.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=de|first1=Candolle, Alphonse|last2=de|first2=Candolle, Casimir|date=1881-01-01|title=Monographiæ phanerogamarum|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32081020#page/84/mode/1up|language=en|volume=3}}</ref> Among genera of the Alismataceae, it can be distinguished by not having a differentiated perianth (in ''Burnatia'' the petals are reduced), and being dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate individuals. Male flowers have 6 to 9 stamens and female flowers have many carpels and up to 2 staminodia.<ref>{{cite book|doi=10.1007/978-3-662-03531-3_4|chapter=Alismataceae|title=Flowering Plants · Monocotyledons|year=1998|last1=Haynes|first1=R. R.|last2=Les|first2=D. H.|last3=Holm-Nielsen|first3=L. B.|pages=11–18|isbn=978-3-642-08378-5}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100170181 photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Nubia (Ethiopia) in 1837; isotype of ''Burnatia enneandra'' ] *[http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=247 West African Plants, a photo guide ''Burnatia enneandra''] *[http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=103230 Flora of Zimbabwe ''Burnatia enneandra''] *[http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/project/Ghana/contents/botanical_pages/burnatia_enneandra_jp.html Plants in Lowland Savannah of West Africa, ''Burnatia enneandra'' ]
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Category:Alismataceae Category:Alismataceae genera Category:Monotypic Alismatales genera Category:Dioecious plants
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