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Burmanniaceae

Burmanniaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Liliopsida
Order:Dioscoreales
Family: Burmanniaceae
Genera

Afrothismia
Apteria
Burmannia
Campylosiphon
Cymbocarpa
Dictyostega
Geomitra
Gymnosiphon
Haplothismia
Hexapterella
Marthella
Miersiella
Oxygyne
Scaphiophora
Thismia

Burmanniaceae are a family of monocot flowering plants, part of order Dioscoreales. The family includes 125 species in nine genera. The former family (Thismiaceae) is now considered a sister to and included in the family Burmanniaceae.

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